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- November 20, 2003
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Nov 18, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX)
Azerbaijani press feels squeeze
The opposition press in Azerbaijan Baku is already beginning to feel the wrath of newly elected president Ilham Aliyev.
Ten opposition newspapers did not publish last weekend, citing "artificial problems with printing paper caused by the authorities."
Shakir Habiloglu, editor in chief of the Yeni Zaman newspaper founded by Ayaz Mutallibov, former president of Azerbaijan, said, "The abrupt increase in prices for printing paper in the country was the authorities' actions directed at strangling freedom of speech."
The editors of the newspapers ...