OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, in his Vienna office, 11 June 2007. (Vienna Review/OSCE/Susanna Loof)

Vienna, 17 March 2008 -(Vienna Review) The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the stabbing of Agil Khalil, a reporter of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper Azadliq, and urged the government to investigate. "I welcome the Presidential Administration's pledge to bring the attackers to justice," Haraszti said. "Action is necessary not only for the sake of justice in this case but also in order to investigate whether the attack was part of a campaign against Azadliq, which is one of the few remaining independent newspapers in Azerbaijan."