Journalists who fled to Georgia from Azerbaijan to escape government harassment are finding it not to be the safe haven they hoped it would be. Even from their new home, many of them are being hassled by Azerbaijani state security organizations.
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Azerbaijani Interior Ministry called on the British Embassy in Baku to admit its mistake and refute its recent statement. British Embassy in Azerbaijan condemned incidents of police violence during May 14 rally
Azerbaijan has one of the world's worst records on media freedom according to a ranking by Reporters Without Borders and it could get worse. A new media law will put even further constraints on independent media and widen the government's power to decide what is and what isn't "objective" news.