Novruzali Mamedov
Year: 2009
Nationality: Azerbaijan
Killed by: Government Officials
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Press organization: Talyshi Sado
What's Novruzali Mamedov's story?
Mamedov, 68, editor of a now-defunct minoritynewspaper Talyshi Sado, diedin Baku prisonhospital while serving a 10-year jail term on fabricated charges oftreason and incitement to ethnic hatred. The next day, a Penitentiary Servicespokesman told the Azeri Press Agency (APA) that the journalistappeared to have suffered a stroke. Penitentiary Service representatives claimedthat Mamedov had refused a transfer to a civilian hospital for treatment.
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