Index on Censorship » anti-government protest http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » anti-government protest http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Azerbaijan: Supreme Court upholds Bakhtiyar Hajiyev judgment http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/12/azerbaijan-supreme-court-upholds-bakhtiyar-hajiyev-judgment/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/12/azerbaijan-supreme-court-upholds-bakhtiyar-hajiyev-judgment/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:28:08 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=30792 The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan upheld the sentence of a young activist and blogger on 6 December. Bakhtiyar Hajiyev was sentenced to two years‘ imprisonment after using Facebook to generate support for the 11 March “Great People’s Day” anti-government protests. The 29-year-old Harvard graduate was charged with evading military service in May, but lost his appeal against the conviction. [...]

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]]> Azerbaijan upheld the sentence of a young activist and blogger on 6 December. Bakhtiyar Hajiyev was sentenced to two years‘ imprisonment after using Facebook to generate support for the 11 March “Great People’s Day” anti-government protests. The 29-year-old Harvard graduate was charged with evading military service in May, but lost his appeal against the conviction. Natasha Schmidt, Assistant Editor of Index on Censorship magazine condemned the decision: “The Azerbaijani authorities have demonstrated once again that they are entirely hostile to freedom of expression and the right to protest. Like activist Jabber Savalan, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev remains in jail on a charge unrelated to his activism, a tactic increasingly employed to silence dissenting voices.” A report by the International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan, of which Index on Censorship is a member, outlines the dire state of press freedom in Azerbaijan.

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