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From: Abe Rein (ARein@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Feb 07 2003 - 17:55:08 EST
OSCE EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER LAWSUITS AGAINST AZERBAIJANI PRESS
Speaking in Vienna on 4 February, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the
Media Freimut Duve expressed his alarm over the use of defamation suits
against independent newspapers in Azerbaijan, according to an OSCE press
release issued the same day. Duve noted that 13 lawsuits have been
brought in recent months against the newspaper "Yeni Musavat," which
must pay three fines totaling 100,000 euros ($109,197). Also on 4
February, Baku's Sabayil Raion court ruled that "Yeni Musavat" must
publish a refutation of articles it published in October and November
2002 falsely claiming that Czech businessmen Viktor Kozeny was suing two
former State Property Committee officials in a U.S. court, Turan
reported. But the court rejected a demand by one of the two officials to
close the paper for three years. LF
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