1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 1999: Azerbaijan - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Wy5n7E9b7i"><a href="https://cpj.org/2000/03/attacks-on-the-press-1999-azerbaijan/">Attacks on the Press 1999: Azerbaijan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2000/03/attacks-on-the-press-1999-azerbaijan/embed/#?secret=Wy5n7E9b7i" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 1999: Azerbaijan” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="Wy5n7E9b7i" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Azerbaijani press groups have proposed that August 6, 1998, the day that censorship was officially abolished, be declared Press Freedom Day. The move may be premature. While conditions have improved notably since then, journalists still must contend with lawsuits and threats of violence. The 1998 presidential decree that abolished censorship also dismantled Glavlit, the Soviet-era…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260