Press release

Azerbaijan: ARTICLE 19 Condemns Conviction of Journalists for Defamation

ARTICLE 19 condemns the conviction of Faramaz Novruzoglu and Sardar Alibeyli, editor-in-chief and deputy editor of Nota newspaper, and calls upon the Government of Azerbaijan to repeal all provisions relating to defamation from the Criminal Code.
See the full text at: http://www.article19.org/pdfs/press/azerbaijan-article-19-condemns-conviction-of-journalists-for-defamation.pdf

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