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Responding to the news that Ulvi Hasanli, the director of Abzas Media, an online Azerbaijani media outlet, has been detained while police also searched his apartment and office, Natalia Nozadze, Amnesty International’s South Caucasus Researcher, said: “As director of Abzas Media, Ulvi Hasanli has bravely exposed allegations of high-level corruption in Azerbaijan and covered critical issues of public interest. “We are deeply concerned about the reports that Ulvi Hasanli was beaten or otherwise
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Azerbaijan on Tuesday detained two journalists who were investigating corruption among the political elite, their lawyers said, in the latest legal case targeting media in the tightly controlled Caspian nation. Signs of dissent are usually met with a tough government response in Azerbaijan, an energy-rich Caspian nation long ruled by the Aliyev dynasty. “Police detained […]