Document #1330818

AI – Amnesty International

Iran/Azerbaijan: Killing in Azerbaijan of writer targeted by Iranian cleric's fatwa [MDE 13/099/2011]

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/099/2011/en/fcc81098-b081-49f0-a682-f82f2e60f798/mde130992011en.pdf

ecoi.net summary:
Baku: On 19 November 2011, Rafiq Tagi, a writer and journalist, was stabbed by an unknown assailant and died few days later in the hospital; in 2006, a senior Iranian cleric issued a fatwa calling for the killing of Rafiq Tagi
Country:
Azerbaijan
Source:
AI – Amnesty International
Original link:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/099/2011/en/fcc81098-b081-49f0-a682-f82f2e60f798/mde130992011en.pdf
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Published:
1 December 2011
Document ID:
1330818 (former ID 206647)

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