Azerbaijan: Activist bloggers face additional charge as trial approaches

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    25 August 2009

    At time of writing, according to the OL! blog, youth activists and video bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli have been held in pre-trial detention for 48 days on charges of “hooliganism.”

    Moreover, despite huge interest in their case from the international media, as well as strong criticism and monitoring from international human rights and freedom of expresison groups, it remains unclear whether they will be freed any time soon let alone be cleared of what many consider to be politically motivated charges.