Committee to Protect Journalists: Azerbaijani Journalist Seymur Hazi Detained in Run-up to Protests
October 21, 2019
October 21, 2019
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news:
Azerbaijani authorities should immediately release journalist Seymur Hazi, drop any charges against him, and allow him to report freely and safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On October 17, in the run-up to protests against alleged corruption and low wages, and in favor of government reform, police arrested Hazi, a reporter for the independent news website Meydan T . . .
Azerbaijani authorities should immediately release journalist Seymur Hazi, drop any charges against him, and allow him to report freely and safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On October 17, in the run-up to protests against alleged corruption and low wages, and in favor of government reform, police arrested Hazi, a reporter for the independent news website Meydan T . . .