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Azerbaijan: European Union Delegation issues statement on severe beating of independent journalist Idrak Abbasovposted on: 2012/05/10

On 23 April 2012, the European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan issued a statement condemning the brutal beating of independent journalist Idrak Abbasov, which took place on 18 April 2012.

Azerbaijan: Severe beating of Mr Idrak Abbasov and attack on other independent journalists reporting on forced evictionsposted on: 2012/04/26

On 18 April 2012, Mr Idrak Abbasov was violently beaten by security guards of the state oil company SOCAR while filming the demolition of a house in the Sulu Tepe settlement on the outskirts of Baku.