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Azerbaijan: Youth activist, blogger detention updates

Thursday, July 9th, 2009 @ 14:01 UTC

by Onnik Krikorian

Countries:: Azerbaijan
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Human Rights, Youth
Languages:: English

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Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines says that she woke up to the news of the detention of two youth activists in Baku, Azerbaijan, this morning despite eye witness accounts that it was they who were the the victims of an assault. The blog says that it will keep its readers updated on their situation.

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