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Arrested Azerbaijani journalist Sakita Zakhidov’s health has sharply deteriorated

20.07.2006    source: www.radiosvoboda.ua
Zakhidov’s colleagues and human rights activists are convinced that the case against him has been orchestrated by the regime which the journalist has sharply criticized.

According to his relatives, Sakita Zakhidov has suffered a heart attack.  The journalist who has a heart condition is being held in a general stuffy and airless cell. 

Zakhidov, a journalist for the opposition newspaper “Azadlig”, was arrested on 23 June and charged with drug dealing. He faces a 12 year prison sentence.

The journalist’s colleagues and human rights activists believe that the case against him has been orchestrated by the regime which Zakhidov has sharply criticized.

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