From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Wed Jun 22 2005 - 09:58:38 EDT
AZERBAIJANI PRESS COUNCIL DEMANDS INVESTIGATION INTO PHOTOGRAPHER'S DEATH
Azerbaijan's Press Council and the international press watchdog Reporters without Borders have separately demanded an official investigation into the death on 19 June of Alim Kazimli, a photographer with the opposition daily "Yeni Musavat," day.az and Turan reported on 20 and 21 June respectively. Kazimli, who was 54, was left partially paralyzed after being beaten up on 28 December at a Baku police station while applying to renew his identity papers (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 4 January 2005). LF
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