Azerbaijan: Journalist beaten

Agil Khalilov, a reporter for the Azerbaijani daily paper Azadlig, was beaten whilst filming an illegal land sale.

The perpetrators of the attack — allegedly including a local government representative and ministry official — beat Khalilov around the head and body, attempted to strangle him, broke one of his fingers and stole both his camera and documents.
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