Leigh in Azerbaijan

Elchin Behbudov: “In case of any threat to Eynulla Fatullayev’s health, he will be fed by force”

01 April 2008 [12:40] – Today.Az

Elchin Behbudov, chairman of Azerbaijani committee against torture, met with imprisoned editor-in-chief of the Gundelik Azerbaijan newspaper, who is on hunger strike.

The due announcement was made by a source from [...]

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(Every week online papers here report on breeches of journalists’ liberty.  this one is from Azernews.az)
Western countries have voiced concern over the recent attack on a reporter with Azerbaijan’s opposition daily Azadlig.
US Amb. Anne Derse who visited the injured journalist on Friday stressed that violence against journalists was unacceptable. “We are shocked and appalled by [...]

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Some time back I signed up with Kiva to provide loans to people who are attempting to become self-sufficient by starting small businesses .  I was linked to an Azeri woman who has already started to repay her loan of $1000 after buying three calves and feed.
Check it out as a way to make loans [...]

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Thanks to Cristi Karlstead (on my blog role), who teaches at Koc School in Istanbul, I learnt again about Kiva, which organises microloans through the internet for people developing their business. What an inspired idea! The internet makes it possible to loan to Kiva which works with various microloan organisations around [...]

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