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CPJ condemns journalist’s conviction in Azerbaijan

New York, March 17, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a five-year jail term given today to Tofiq Yaqublu, an Azerbaijani journalist with the opposition daily Yeni Musavat, and calls on authorities to overturn the verdict on appeal. Yaqublu, who was convicted of “organizing mass disorder,” was arrested in January 2013 in connection with anti-government…

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Police in Baku detain a woman who was protesting in solidarity with Ismayilli residents after a riot on January 26. (Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili)

Azerbaijani reporter jailed on mass disorder charges

New York, February 6, 2013–Azerbaijani authorities should drop charges of organizing mass disorder against Tofiq Yaqublu, a columnist for leading opposition daily Yeni Musavat, and immediately release him from jail, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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