Azerbaijan is once again violating the human rights and fundamental freedoms at a state level by impeding European journalists’ right to free movement and freedom of speech, the statement disseminated by the European Friend of Armenia (EuFoA) reads.

According to the statement, this has not only become a usual practice for Azerbaijan, but has also turned into a subject of boasting in media.  This time the spokesperson for the Azerbaijani MFA announced that the Moldavian TV7 channel journalist Lyuba Maksim was sacked this May for visiting Karabakh and preparing a story about the country.

“The European Friend of Armenia (EuFoA) Brussels-based NGO expresses deep concern in connection with the incident, urging the international human rights organizations to take respective measures,” EuFoA statement reads.

The representatives of the organization also provided certain explanations on the incident. In their words, the Moldavian Tv7 journalist Lyuba Maksim arrived in Karabakh together with the operator at the invitation of EuFoA, this having been agreed with the TV company administration. But now EuFoA is concerned about the fact that the TV7 administration, which knew about the place and purpose of the journalist’s visit, sacked their worker, entering into bargain with the criminal regime of Azerbaijan, and thereby calling into question the level of freedom of press in Moldavia.

“By this step the Azerbaijani side is once again trying to limit the attempts to present information on Karabakh in the international platform, seeking to sow fear among Moldavian and foreign journalists, thereby excluding their future visits to Karabakh,” the statement reads.

EuFoA is going to present this incident in high international platforms and human rights organization in order to restore the violated rights of the journalist and impose sanctions on the criminal regime of Azerbaijan.