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Institute of media rights: "The decision of Azerbaijani leadership about Ganimat Zahid and Mirza Sakit can only be welcomed"

05 December 2008 [17:07] - TODAY.AZ
The permission to Ganimat Zahid and Mirza Sakit to attend their father's funeral, can only be welcomed, says the statement of the Institute of Media Rights.
The institute voiced hope that positive gestures towards journalists will continue.

Director of the Institute for Media Rights Rashid Hajili noted that this is not only an ordinary humane step by the country's leadership. It can be assessed as a sign of good rill.

"In any case, the permission to attend the funeral may soften the strained situation in the sphere of freedom  of speech and create a moral basis for taking long-expected steps", said he.

/Day.Az/
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