The country's leading opposition newspaper, "Azadlig", once again has faced the real threat of closure. The government publishing house "Azerbaijan", where the newspaper is printed, delivered an "ultimatum" to pay within a week the debt 20,000 manat to the Publishing House. Otherwise, printing of the newspaper will be stopped, said the official warning of the Publishing House.
Deputy Editor of the newspaper, Rahim Hajiyev, told Turan agency, that the debt of the newspaper, because the firm distributing the press does not pay the editorial board of the sale of the newspaper.
In addition, the court arrested newspaper’s accounts due to the judicial fine on the claim on defamation brought by Tagi Ahmedov, the chief of Baku Metro.
It is expected that similar fine will be at the claim of Kabira Mammadova, the Director of the “Bina” shopping center.
Finally, another lawsuit was filed against the newspaper by the Ministry of Defense, claiming to fine the newspaper 100,000 manat.
All the calls and demands of local and international community to stop pressure on the newspaper are not heard. -16D-
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