French Foreign Ministry issued a statement in connection with the arrest of Turan agency director Mehman Aliyev, contact.az reported.
“We are concerned by Turan news agency director Mehman Aliyev's arrest in Baku on 24 August. France calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to respect its international commitments and in particular to guarantee the respect of press freedom and the independence of the judiciary, and to carefully respect rights and the presumption of innocence,” the statement reads.
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