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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10044

19 December 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/azerbaijan
Parliament worried about free press

Strasbourg, 18/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a resolution adopted on Thursday 17 December 2009, the European Parliament regrets the fact that in an unfair trial in Azerbaijan, bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade were given heavy prison sentences on 11 November 2009. The MEPs call for the two to be released immediately. They had been using social networks like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to comment on the political situation in Azerbaijan and criticise the country's government. The two...

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