CPJ's Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova has a
posting on
The Guardian's London-based "Comment is free" blog today about the continued repression of Azerbaijan's independent press in the run-up to national elections. Read our special report about the dangerous situation for journalists in Azerbaijan, "Finding Elmar's Killers,"
here.
They need to learn the British way of silencing the press. Over here it's voluntary and so much nicer. The murder of Dr David Kelly? No need to go to jail, just pretend it never happened. So much more sensible, so much easier...