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Azerbaijan Detains Journalists in Escalating Media Crackdown

Azerbaijan’s government has intensified its crackdown on independent media. Six journalists from Meydan TV, one of the country’s few remaining independent outlets, detained. Ministry of Interior Affairs claimed that Ramin Jabrayilzada [Deko], an independent reporter collaborating with Meyda TV, was at Baku airport on allegations of smuggling foreign currency. Authorities also detained five other journalists …

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