Index on Censorship » drug charges http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +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 » drug charges http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Azerbaijan: Correspondent for Iranian media sentenced to two years in prison http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/azerbaijan-correspondent-for-iranian-media-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/azerbaijan-correspondent-for-iranian-media-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:33:40 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=37254 A journalist and government critic has been sentenced to two years in prison in Azerbaijan. Anar Bayramli, a correspondent for two Iranian media outlets, was sentenced for a drug possession charge following a controversial court case which was said to include contradictory evidence. Bayramli was arrested in February and charged with possession of four grams of heroin. [...]

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]]> sentenced to two years in prison in Azerbaijan. Anar Bayramli, a correspondent for two Iranian media outlets, was sentenced for a drug possession charge following a controversial court case which was said to include contradictory evidence. Bayramli was arrested in February and charged with possession of four grams of heroin. The journalist was previously summoned by police on a number of occasions to disclose his political affiliation. The sentencing comes at a time when tensions between Azerbaijan and neighbouring Iran are particularly heightened.

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