Azerbaijan needs independent media, says opposition
12 April 2018 |
1:26 pm
As Azeri president Ilham Aliyev heads for a fourth consecutive term, opponents say the election has been skewed in his favor. Dissenting voices are absent from the country's media. DW caught up with an Azeri dissident journalist in Germany.
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