Pitro Del Re, a journalist with the Italian newspaper La Republica, is currently being insulted by the Armenian lobby. The same thing happened with TF1 and The New York Times journalists who were physically threatened by the Armenian lobby. We strongly condemn such attacks on the independent press and freedom of expression.
" The statement came from Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President and Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration, on Twitter. We call on Reporters Without Borders and the OSCE Special Representative on Freedom of the Media to condemn the physical and verbal threats and insults directed at professional journalists covering the objective realities of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. Freedom of expression must be respected, "Hajiyev said. 2 / We call @RSF_inter and @OSCE_RFoM to condemn and deplore physical / verbal threats / abusive personal attacks against professional journalists / media who covered objective realities of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Freedom of expression must be respected.
@ TF1 @nytimes @repubblica https://t.co/wUPWLVVr60 - Hikmet Hajiyev (@HikmetHajiyev) November 5, 2020