1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgBill Sweeneyhttps://cpj.org/author/bsweeney/Azerbaijani court orders editor jailed on defamation charge - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Wvbw38asHV"><a href="https://cpj.org/2009/04/azerbaijani-court-orders-editor-jailed-on-defamati/">Azerbaijani court orders editor jailed on defamation charge</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2009/04/azerbaijani-court-orders-editor-jailed-on-defamati/embed/#?secret=Wvbw38asHV" width="600" height="338" title="“Azerbaijani court orders editor jailed on defamation charge” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="Wvbw38asHV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, April 8, 2009--A district court in Baku has sentenced Asif Marzili, editor-in-chief of the independent weekly Tezadlar, to one year in prison on charges of defaming managers and professors of Azerbaijan International University, the Azeri Press Agency reported. Ruling on Tuesday, the court also handed down a six-month suspended corrective labor sentence to…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260