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Publisher:  Committee to Protect Journalists
Date Written:  12/10/2009
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the prison sentences given to journalists at the weekly newspaper Nota on defamation charges.

Abstract:  The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the prison sentences given to journalists at the weekly newspaper Nota on defamation charges on Thursday.

Nota Editor-in-Chief Sardar Alibeili and reporter Faramaz Novruzoglu (also known as Faramaz Allahverdiyev) were given three-month prison terms, and staffer Ramiz Tagiyev was conditionally sentenced to six months of â#ocorrective labor,â## according to press reports and CPJ sources.

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