Baku, Feb 20, 2025 (AFP) - Azerbaijan orders closure of BBC office in Baku

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Azerbaijan has ordered the BBC to shut its office in the country, officials in Baku said Thursday, in what the British broadcaster denounced as a "move against press freedom." Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has long faced accusations of stifling the media and persecuting political opponents in the energy-rich Caucasus nation. Foreign ministry spokesman Ayahan Hajizade said Baku had told the BBC there was no "legal grounds" for it to operate a......

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