Событие - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: bastainfo.com, Online publication

Incident date: September 27, 2019

Attack type:

  • Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: novator.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The opposition website "bastainfo.com" has been blocked. The site was blocked after a criminal case was opened against Mustafa Gajibeyli, the site's head of the site, on charges of "open calls for forcible seizure or retention of power, or ... forcibly changing the constitutional system, and distributing material of such content."

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