Baku, Dec 16, 2024 (AFP) - Azerbaijan keeps Frenchman in jail for metro graffiti

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2024-12-16

A court in Azerbaijan on Monday ruled that a French citizen must serve out a three-year jail term for drawing graffiti, the latest incident putting Paris and Baku at loggerheads. France has condemned the punishment for 38-year-old Theo Hugo Clerc -- originally sentenced in September -- and warned its citizens not to travel to Azerbaijan unless absolutely necessary. Two others accused of the same charges -- an Australian and a New Zealander -- we......

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