Событие Namik Jafarli - Justice for Journalists

Namik Jafarli

Affiliated media: infoaz.org, Online publication

Incident date: August 12, 2017

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Voice of America

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The website infoaz.org was blocked. This happened after the site wrote an article about Ali Gasanov, a presidential aide. Site manager Namik Jafarli was called into the office of the state security service and questioned over his article.

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