Authorities send news outlets instructions on how to cover events large and small. We obtained a cache of the messages.
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Appeal of Afgan Mukhtarli Dismissed by Baku Court
The Baku Court of Appeals has dismissed the appeal of investigative journalist Afghan Mukhtarli who has been arrested on 3-month, pretrial detention, APA reports.
The journalist has been accused of illegally crossing the state border (Article 318.1 of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code), smuggling contraband (206.1) and resisting the command of a customs’ officer (315.2).
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