Novruzali Mamedov

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Attacks on the Press | Azerbaijan

Attacks on the Press 2009: Azerbaijan

Top Developments
• Critical reporters jailed for defamation, “hooliganism.”
• CPJ honors imprisoned editor Eynulla Fatullayev.

Key Statistic
68: Novruzali Mamedov’s age when he died in prison after being denied medical care.

Using imprisonment as a crude form of censorship, the authoritarian government of President Ilham Aliyev remained one of the region’s worst jailers of journalists. Authorities allowed one editor to die in state custody after failing to provide adequate medical care and ignoring domestic and international pleas for treatment.
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February 16, 2010 12:49 AM ET |
Tags: Adnan Hajizade, Elmar Huseynov, Emin Milli, Eynulla Fatullayev, Genimet Zakhidov, Novruzali Mamedov
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Philippines, Somalia fuel record death toll

CPJ survey finds at least 68 journalists killed in 2009

Family members of journalists killed in the Maguindanao massacre. (Reuters)

New York, December 17, 2009—At least 68 journalists worldwide were killed for their work in 2009, the highest yearly tally ever documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists, the organization said in its year-end analysis. The record toll was driven in large part by the election-related slaughter of more than 30 media workers in the Philippine province of Maguindanao, the deadliest event for the press in CPJ history.

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December 17, 2009 12:01 AM ET |
Tags: Abdulmalik Akhmedilov, Evin Prison, Impunity, Killed, Knight Foundation, Lasantha Wickramatunga, Maguindanao, Musa Khankhel, Novruzali Mamedov, Omidreza Mirsayafi, Said Tahlil
Reports | Azerbaijan, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen

CPJ's 2009 prison census: Freelance journalists under fire

Demonstrators demand the release of documentary filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen, jailed in China after interviewing Tibetans. (AFP)

New York, December 8, 2009—Freelancers now make up nearly 45 percent of all journalists jailed worldwide, a dramatic recent increase that reflects the evolution of the global news business, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. In its annual census of imprisoned journalists, CPJ found a total of 136 reporters, editors, and photojournalists behind bars on December 1, an increase of 11 from the 2008 tally. (Read detailed accounts of each imprisoned journalist.) A massive crackdown in Iran, where 23 journalists are now in jail, fueled the worldwide increase.

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December 8, 2009 12:11 AM ET |
Tags: Dhondup Wangchen, Dilmurod Saiid, Ebrima Manneh, Eynulla Fatullayev, Fariba Pajooh, Ibrahim Jassam, Imprisoned, J.S. Tissainayagam, Normando Hernández González, Novruzali Mamedov
Statements | Azerbaijan

CPJ calls for immediate release of sick journalist

The Committee to Protect Journalists issued this statement following reports about the deteriorating health of Bizim Yol newspaper reporter Mushfig Huseynov, who has been jailed in state custody since 2007 for allegedly taking a bribe. Huseynov, who suffers from an advanced stage of tuberculosis, is serving a five-year prison term.
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December 3, 2009 4:01 PM ET |
Tags: Imprisoned, Novruzali Mamedov
Alerts | Azerbaijan

Jailed journalist dies in Azerbaijan prison

New York, August 18, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an independent investigation into the death on Monday in a Baku prison hospital of Novruzali Mamedov, editor of the now-defunct minority newspaper Talyshi Sado, who had been in state custody since February 2007. 

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August 18, 2009 5:23 PM ET |
Tags: Imprisoned, Killed, Novruzali Mamedov
Attacks on the Press | Azerbaijan

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Azerbaijan

The Georgia-Russia crisis in August diverted international attention from another strategically important Caucasus country--oil-rich Azerbaijan. The authoritarian president, Ilham Aliyev, gained a new term in a flawed October 15 vote. Aliyev, who effectively inherited the presidency from his father, Heydar, in 2003, defeated six virtual unknowns after top opposition parties boycotted the October vote to protest restrictive new amendments to the election law.

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February 10, 2009 12:47 AM ET |
Tags: Elmar Huseynov, Eynulla Fatullayev, Genimet Zakhidov, Novruzali Mamedov
Imprisoned | Burundi, China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uzbekistan

2008 prison census: 125 journalists jailed

Journalists in prison as of December 1, 2008

Read the accompanying report: "Online and in jail"

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December 4, 2008 9:28 AM ET |
Tags: Abdulghani Memetemin, Adnan Hassanpour, Adolfo Fernández Saínz, Alfredo Felipe Fuentes, Alfredo Pulido López, Amanuel Asrat, Aung Kyaw San, Chen Daojun, Dawit Habtemichael, Dawit Isaac, Dhondup Wangchen, Du Daobin, Dzhamshid Karimov, Ebrima Manneh, Elmar Huseynov, Evin Prison, Eynulla Fatullayev, Fabio Prieto Llorente, Fesshaye "Joshua" Yohannes, Gayrat Mehliboyev, Genimet Zakhidov, Ghebrehiwet Keleta, Guo Qizhen, Hamid Mohammed Said, Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, Hu Jia, Huang Qi, Ibrahim Jassam, Islam Karimov, Iván Hernández Carrillo, J.S. Tissainayagam, Jin Haike, José Luis García Paneque, José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández, Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez, Kong Youping, Léster Luis González Pentón, Lü Gengsong, Lewis Medjo, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Miguel Galván Gutiérrez, Mijail Bárzaga Lugo, Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Mojtaba Lotfi, Muhammad Bekjanov, Nguyen Van Hai, Normando Hernández González, Novruzali Mamedov, Omar Rodríguez Saludes, Omar Ruíz Hernández, Ortikali Namazov, Oscar Sánchez Madan, Pablo Pacheco Ávila, Pedro Argüelles Morán, Qi Chonghuai, Ricardo González Alfonso, Said Abdelkader, Saleh Aljezeeri, Saleh Idris Gama, Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov, Sein Win Maung, Seyoum Tsehaye, Shi Tao, Sun Lin, Temesken Ghebreyesus, Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi, Victor Rolando Arroyo Carmona, Xu Wei, Yang Zili, Yusuf Mohamed Ali, Yusuf Ruzimuradov, Zaw Thet Htwe, Zemenfes Haile, Zhang Jianhong, Zheng Yichun
Dangerous Assignments | Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Special Report: Finding Elmar's Killers

By Nina Ognianova
In Azerbaijan, an editor is jailed after investigating the unsolved murder of a colleague. The case has opened a window into widespread abuses in this tightly controlled nation on the Caspian Sea.
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September 16, 2008 12:00 AM ET |
Tags: Elmar Huseynov, Eynulla Fatullayev, Genimet Zakhidov, Novruzali Mamedov
Alerts | Azerbaijan

Journalist slammed with 10 years in prison for alleged treason

New York, June 25, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled by a Baku court's decision on Tuesday to convict the editor of a small, minority newspaper on a treason charge and to sentence him to 10 years in prison. Novruzali Mamedov, editor of now-defunct Talyshi Sado (Voice of the Talysh), was tried in closed-door proceedings that began in March.

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June 25, 2008 12:00 PM ET |
Tags: Novruzali Mamedov

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