OSCE: Azerbaijan must condemn attacks on journalists
Dunja Mijatovic, the media freedom representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), urged Azerbaijan to condemn the attack on journalist Seymur Haziyev, “Turan” news agency informs.
A couple of days ago Azerbaijani journalist Seymur Haziyev, who writes for “Azadlig”, was attacked and beaten by some “unidentified men”.
In her statement, Mijatovic urged public condemnation of such attacks and prosecution by Azerbaijani authorities of those responsible.
"This new attack on an independent media outlet is inadmissible and the Azerbaijani authorities must condemn it publicly. They must also do their utmost so that the perpetrators and masterminds of this and previous cases of violence against journalists -- including the 2005 murder of newspaper editor Elmar Huseynov -- are brought to justice."