BAKU. – The Azerbaijani authorities take measures for improving the state’s image abroad. They hire PR-agencies abroad and at the same time limit freedom of speech inside the country.
The Azerbaijani authorities as before are very cruel towards critical journalists, Reporters Without Borders non-profit organization reports. By false accusations, journalists are arrested, at the same time the government wastes huge amount of money on establishing an image of modern and open country, the organization stated in Berlin on Monday, Deutsche Welle reports.
The new legislature having changed in June considerably limited freedom of media in Azerbaijan, the document reads. At the same time, the Reporters Without Borders called on the western political scientists to insist that Azerbaijani authorities respect human rights within international agreements and make it a condition for political cooperation with Baku.
