Bank Of Baku

Peter Semneby meets right defenders, NGO chiefs and media representatives in Azerbaijan

Peter Semneby meets right defenders, NGO chiefs and media representatives in Azerbaijan
# 21 July 2007 11:57 (UTC +04:00)
The situation of media, human rights in the country was debated at the meeting.
Chief editor of Gundalik Azerbaijan newspaper Shahvalad Chobanoglu told the APA media condition was on focus.
“Unlike in the previous meetings, the European visitors turned well-informed about the media situation in Azerbaijan. They regard release of seven imprisoned journalists as the most important issue. We underlined that media condition should also be taken into consideration, as well as release of imprisoned journalists,” he said.
Chobanoglu said that Mr. Semneby raised an issue on the release of seven imprisoned journalists at the meeting with the government representatives.
Rights defender Saida Gojamanli told APA Mr. Semneby’s visit aims to debate release of imprisoned journalists in Azerbaijan. /APA/





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