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Rights defenders and representatives of embassies debate on media situation in Azerbaijan

24 May 2007 [08:31] - TODAY.AZ
Members of the Monitoring Group of Human Rights Organizations met with the representatives of embassies in Azerbaijan with regard to imprisonment of journalists and shut down of Gundalik Azerbaijan and Realny Azerbaijan newspapers.

Member of the Monitoring Group, rights defender Seide Gojamanli told the APA that together with Novella Jafaroglu, Saadat Bananyarly and Arzul Abdullayeva they had meeting in OSCE Office in Baku, US and British Embassies.

"We asked international organizations to concern themselves with the state of media in Azerbaijani and support us," she said.

The rights defenders will meet with representatives of French Embassy on Thursday and with special representative of Council of Europe Secretary General Denis Bribosia on Friday.

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