AZERBAIJAN DEMANDS TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, WHILE AZERI JOURNALISTS URGE POLITICAL SHELTER FROM EUROPEAN STATES
By Aghavni Haroutiunian

AZG Armenian Daily
01/06/2007

OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinus and Goran Lenmarker, Chairman of
the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, are going to arrive in Baku on July 4.

Moratinus and Lenmarker are expected to arrive in Armenia after
Azerbaijan. They are going to discuss various issues with the
presidents of two countries, as well as with the Armenian and Azeri
foreign ministers. Most likely, the sides will also touch upon
the recent situation with the printed press in Azerbaijan and the
violations against the journalists.

It’s worth mentioning that while the international organizations
express concern about the situation with the printed press in
Azerbaijan, the official Baku do not care that the Azeri journalists
want to leave their homeland. "Journalists without Borders"
organization informed that 14 journalists of closed "Gyundelik
Azerbaijan" and "Realni Azerbaijan" newspapers turned for political
shelter to the foreign states. The editor of "Nota Bene" newspaper also
seeks for political shelter, fearing to risk his safety in Azerbaijan.

The journalists turned to the embassies of USA, Germany, the Great
Britain, Norway, as well as to the OSCE Office with the request to
give them political shelter.