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Reporters Without Borders condemns the latest humiliation imposed on imprisoned newspaper editor Eynulla Fattulayev, who was in a cage when he appeared before a Baku court for his appeal against an additional 30-month jail sentence on a trumped-up charge of heroin possession that he was given in January, Turan informs.

The Azerbaijani authorities show no sign of being ready to release him, despite a European Court of Human Rights ruling on 22 April declaring his imprisonment to be illegal, calling for his immediate release and ordering the government to pay him 27,822 euros in damages and legal costs.

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its call for compliance with the European Court’s ruling and for Fatullayev’s immediate release. It also urges the authorities to respect his dignity.