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"Mr President, the situation with regard to democracy in Azerbaijan is worrying. The latest cause for concern is the recent murder of a journalist. Rafiq Tagi criticised both the current regime in Iran and Islamic values in relation to European ones. The criticism led to several death threats and, ultimately, to murder.
It surely was no coincidence that the murder took place on the International Day to End Impunity, a day when the unsolved murders of journalists are remembered around the world. At present in the world, there are around 251 cases of the murder of a journalist that remain unsolved. It will not come as a surprise that, so far, no one has been caught or charged with Rafiq Tagi’s murder either.
Murder is an extreme way to restrict freedom of speech. Those who raise delicate matters get to pay for it with their lives. In some countries, this is a systematic solution. What on earth is the point of international human rights agreements if a signatory country can freely trample over people’s human rights? It is important to find the murderer, but still more important to find and punish those who order the murders of journalists."@en1
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