1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgLauren Wolfehttps://cpj.org/author/lwolfe/Azerbaijani journalist harassed by security agents - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TmwsYiURdv"><a href="https://cpj.org/2009/02/azerbaijani-journalist-harassed-by-security-agents/">Azerbaijani journalist harassed by security agents</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2009/02/azerbaijani-journalist-harassed-by-security-agents/embed/#?secret=TmwsYiURdv" width="600" height="338" title="“Azerbaijani journalist harassed by security agents” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="TmwsYiURdv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, February 24, 2009--A journalist who went to interview the minister of the Ministry of National Security (MNB) in Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on February 20 was blindfolded and interrogated for hours, according to local news reports. The Committee to Project Journalists called today for an immediate investigation into the incident by the central…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260