In Baku Office of ‘‘Radio Liberty’’ prosecutors locked correspondents in a room and broke the safe
During today's search of the office of the Baku bureau "Radio Liberty" Prosecutors seized documents and equipment - server computers, laptops, cameras, camcorders and memory cards of the radio station. In addition, they broke the safe and confiscated documents, seal and forms, told Turan the radio station employees. The search continues.
As it is noted in the article, the activity of the station in the former regime has become impossible. However, the management of "Azadlig" is not going to stop broadcasting and will operate from its headquarters in Prague.
Earlier, the prosecutor's office commented on the search, which began in the Baku Office of Radio Liberty this morning.
According to Turan the head of the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office Eldar Sultanov told Turan, the search is conducted in connection with the criminal investigation conducted by the Investigation Department of the Grave Crimes. At the same time, he did not clarify what criminal case it is.
Turan assumes that this is a case against dozens of NGOs, who are accused of fraud and tax evasion in the implementation of projects of foreign donors.
According to information from the staff of Radio Azadlig, search continued. The correspondents present in the office are locked in a room and they are forbidden to go out of there.
In its turn, the Azerbaijani service of "Radio Liberty" reported that the search continues in the office, and the police have arrived. One of them has stuck long and narrow window of the front door of the office in order not to allow taking pictures of what is going on in the office.
As stated in the article, the head of the Azerbaijani service of "Radio Liberty" Kenan Aliyev gave an interview to "Media Forum" from Prague, where the head office of the radio commented on the search of the Baku office.
Judging by the selfies, which is placed on the site of the radio, the employees are in their conference room within the office, but outside the large room where the working places of the employees are.
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