Azerbaijan sentences Kanal 13 director Aziz Orujov to 2 years in prison - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Azerbaijan sentences Kanal 13 director Aziz Orujov to 2 years in prison - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, February 28, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns an Azerbaijani court decision on February 26 sentencing Aziz Orujov, director of independent broadcaster Kanal 13, to two years in prison on illegal construction charges. “Amid an unprecedented crackdown that has seen dozens of journalists incarcerated, Azerbaijan authorities’ singling out of Aziz Orujov from among thousands of Azerbaijanis living on unregistered land for …