Comments on: Beaten youth activists to stand trial for hooliganism https://www.frontlineclub.com/beaten_youth_activists_to_stand_trial_for_hooliganism/ Championing Independent Journalism Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:49:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Onnik Krikorian https://www.frontlineclub.com/beaten_youth_activists_to_stand_trial_for_hooliganism/#comment-622 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:53:18 +0000 https://www.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=2877#comment-622 Seems to be the current approach being taken by governments in the South Caucasus:

As youth activists face trial in Azerbaijan on charges of hooliganism despite eye witness accounts that they were instead the victims of assault, concerns are emerging that the way in which young opponents are targeted is becoming the modus operandi for authoritarian regimes in the region.[link removed]

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