Azerbaijan: Concern at Journalists' Windfall

Azerbaijan's President Reportedly Provides Reporters With Free Apartments
AZerbaidjan's president Ilham Aliyev gives a press conference after a meeting with European Union commission president at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, on June 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO THIERRY CHARLIER (Photo credit should read THIERRY CHARLIER/AFP/Getty Images)
AZerbaidjan's president Ilham Aliyev gives a press conference after a meeting with European Union commission president at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, on June 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO THIERRY CHARLIER (Photo credit should read THIERRY CHARLIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Opposition journalists in Azerbaijan have criticised President Ilham Aliyev for providing flats free of charge to reporters, arguing that he is seeking to ensure favourable coverage in the run-up to elections this autumn.

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