Azerbaijan - Turan news agency director Mehman Aliyev arrested!

Azerbaijan (rsf, Turan)

"Mehman Alliyev is one of the most reasonable, moderate and dignified voices in Azerbaijan. His arrest is an outrage. Dear Mehman bey, you have a lot of support and respect in the world and you will be free as will be your country." (former Belarusian presidential candidate and diplomat Andrei Sannikov)


Reporters without borders (August 24): "Turan news agency director arrested" 
https://rsf.org/en/news/turan-news-agency-director-arrested
"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Turan news agency director Mehman Aliyev’s arrest on trumped-up tax evasion charges in Baku today, in a sudden escalation in the regime’s persecution of the last independent media outlet still operating in Azerbaijan. --- “Mehman Aliyev is one of journalism’s pioneers in Azerbaijan. His only crime is to have headed the country’s last independent media outlet. We demand his immediate release and the withdrawal of all the politically-motivated charges against Turan.”



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http://www.turan.az/index_en.html