Press Review 17/06/14

Azadlyg writes about the human rights activist Leyla Yunus action in the event of NATO and attacks of the vice-speaker of the Milli Majlis on the former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza.

The newspaper called scandal all that happened in the NATO seminar in Baku.

The newspaper criticizes Ilham Aliyev’s visit to the Acropolis in Athens, which is a temple of freedom. Killing freedom in his country, Aliyev praises it in a foreign country, ironically says the columnist.

Azerbaijani authorities that prohibit civil society activists to visit Armenia, however, do sit down with them in Baku at the same table.

Of the 20 thousand students of Class XI, 11,000 received twos at the finals, which was an indicator of the low level of knowledge in schools.

Bizim Yol also writes about the behavior of the vice-speaker of the Milli Majlis Ziyafet Askerov that criticized the U.S. policy in the NATO event in Baku.

U.S. National Democratic Institute ceased operations in Azerbaijan, closing its office in Baku.

Yeni Musavat writes that Israfil Abutalibov, the son of the capital's mayor, supports the armed Sunni groups Levant.

The newspaper also publishes extensive material, asserting the presence of a new U.S. plan on Azerbaijan, implying the union of democratic forces of the country, which the Azerbaijani authorities are oppressing. -0 -