“Baku has demanded an explanation from the Norwegian and German embassies in Baku after diplomats from the two European states criticized the recent sentencing of two youth activists to prison,” Eurasianet e-source informs Nov. 17.

The article reads, “In a move widely condemned by international rights groups, a Baku court on Nov. 11 sentenced youth activist-bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hadjizade to two and two-and-a-half years in jail, respectively, for hooliganism.

On Nov. 16, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Norwegian and German charge d’affaires, Lars Hansen and Peter Zigler, for explanations about the criticism. The ministry charged that the comments amounted to interference in Azerbaijan’s internal affairs.”