It is conceivable, although judging by past practice unlikely, that the arrest on August 24 of Mehman Aliyev, longtime head of Azerbaijan’s last remaining independent news agency, Turan, may come to be seen as a turning point in that country’s track record of suppression of dissent and media freedom. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
September 15, 2017
