BAKU (AFP) – The final say on whether foreign journalists attended the inaugural European Games in Baku lay with the Azerbaijan Government and not with the organisers, officials said on Saturday.The barring of a noted journalist from English newspaper ‘The Guardian’ — who was due to fly in on Friday — caused a furore but Azeri Sports Minister Azad Rahimov said his case was not an isolated one.”The Baku European Games Organising Committee (BEGOC) issued accreditation for the journalists, more than 1,500 for them,” said Rahimov.”We just issue accreditations. The government within the framework of its laws itself has the …read more
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