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Meydan TV case in Azerbaijan: 'If I wrote paid articles, I would choose local officials, not foreigners'

Azerbaijan: Meydan TV journalists report violence in pre-trial detention

Meydan TV case in Azerbaijan: ‘Ilham Aliyev couldn’t silence us – can you?’

Twelve hours in Azerbaijan’s State Security Service: the story of journalist Javid Agha

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