Author: freefarid
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Azerbaijan presses new charges against three detained in AbzasMedia case
Azerbaijani police have pressed new charges against two of AbzasMedia’s staff members and an economist detained during the crackdown on independent media. The chief investigator of the Baku City Police Department on Friday charged those detained in Abzas Media case, including economist Farid Mehralizade with illegal entrepreneurship, smuggling assets as part of an organised group, tax evasion,…
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‘Deeply Troubled’: State Dept Reacts To Arrest Of Farid Mehralizade, Urges Azerbaijan To Release Those Unjustly Detained
The United States on Wednesday reiterated its call on the Azerbaijani government to “immediately release all individuals who are unjustly detained and to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all,” as the State Department Spokesperson put it, when reacting to the arrest of yet another prominent civil society member in Azerbaijan, TURAN’s Washington…