Talyshi Sado Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Editor handed five-year jail term in Azerbaijan

September 30, 2013 5:51 PM EDT

New York, September 30, 2013–An appellate court in Azerbaijan should reverse the conviction and five-year prison sentence handed on Friday to Hilal Mamedov, chief editor of the independent newspaper Talyshi Sado.

Editor of Talysh paper further targeted in Azerbaijan

July 5, 2012 5:19 PM EDT

New York, July 5, 2012–Authorities in Azerbaijan should drop new, politically motivated charges against Hilal Mamedov, chief editor of a paper serving ethnic Talysh, and release him immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

In Azerbaijan, editor jailed on drug possession charges

June 25, 2012 3:12 PM EDT

New York, June 25, 2012–Authorities in Azerbaijan must drop the charges against journalist Hilal Mamedov and immediately release him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Mamedov is the eighth journalist jailed in Azerbaijan, according to CPJ research.