Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Azerbaijani Journalist Dies in Prison

Novruzali Mamedov, 67, a journalist sentenced in 2008 to 10 years' imprisonment for high treason, died in an Azerbaijani jail of cerebral thrombosis. Mamedov was convicted of publishing “anti-Azerbaijani propaganda” advocating secession for the Talysh ethnic group.

http://lenta.ru/news/2009/08/18/mamedov/

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