Azerbaijan
January 17th, 2007

This AsiaMedia article reports “an Azerbaijani man has been sentenced to 12 days in prison for publishing a Web site complaining about rising gas, electric and transport prices in the ex-Soviet republic, an opposition activist said on Monday.Bahtiyar Hadzhiev was sentenced by the Narimanov District Court on Sunday, four days after his Web site www.susmayaq.biz was blocked by Azerbaijani computer servers, said Emin Huseinov, an activist with an opposition youth movement.The site, whose title translates as “we won’t be silent,” says it is collecting signatures from Azerbaijanis in protest at a Cabinet decision made last Monday that sharply raised prices for a range of goods and commodities in Azerbaijan”.

Azerbaijani citizen jailed for Internet utility price protest

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