Mayor demands closure of newspaper

Employees of the “Yeni Zaman” newspaper held a news conference at the “Ayna/Zerkalo” newspaper’s office Wednesday, as correspondent Fahraddin Azimov told journalists that Mayor’s office chief-of-staff Ali Hajiyev had filed a suit to the Nasimi district court demanding closure of the “Yeni Zaman” newspaper.

He went on to say that all the critical materials he had written about the new mayor were based on facts.

6 employees of a pro-government “Sas” newspaper attempted to disrupt the news briefing.*