Union of Editors-in-chief to picket

Editor-in-chief of Gundelik Azerbaijan and Realniy Azerbaijan newspapers Eynulla Fatullayev told the APA that though they sent a warning letter to Baku Mayor's Office they have not got an answer. "Anyway we will picket," he said.

Fatullayev said that the decision was made at the meeting of the union. He noted that they will demand adoption of the law on defamation, abolition of 147 and 148 articles of the Criminal Code, finding Elmar Huseynov's murderers, releasing of arrested journalists, stopping campaigns against Gundelik Azerbaijan and Realniy Azerbaijan newspapers.

The picket will be organized by the newspapers Zerkalo, Yeni Musavat, Buizim yol, Baku-Kheber, GUNseher, Gundelik Azerbaijan and Realniy Azerbaijan, magazines Ganun, Turan agency, Yeni Nesil journalists union and Democratic Journalists league.