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Itunesctrp318 Beaten and Arrested, Videobloggers in Azerbaijan
Emin and Adnan were having dinner in downtown restaurant in Baku over the summer, when suddenly the two video bloggers were attacked, later wound up in jail, and they remain behind bars today awaiting trial for the charge of “hooliganism”.
What happened in that restaurant that night? Who would be targetting video bloggers and grassroots youth acitivists in Azerbaijan? What is the situation for a journalist, blogger or a citizen reporter in that nation?
My guest is Azeri blogger Ali Novruzov, a friend of both Emin and Adnan who was among the first to hear what had happened. He has written and continues to write about their case and joins me in this podcast to discuss this issue.
it will fall anywhere because who cares what happens in Azerbaijan.
Hey Mark, maybe you’ve already heard about Threatened Voices – it’s a project aiming to keep track of the arrest of bloggers and suppression of online free speech: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/03/introducing-threatened-voices/
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the situation for a journalist, blogger or a citizen reporter in that nation is almost the same and as bad as it was during the sovet union period. and its nothing new about it- take a look at the other countries that were the part of sovet unioun/