“Azg” newspaper resumes publication

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Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

21 May 1996

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**Updates IFEX alert dated 1 May 1996** The independent daily “Azg” resumed publication on 14 May 1996 and Hagop Avedikian resumed his position as editor-in-chief after a court quashed an attempt by the Ministry of Justice to change the ownership of the newspaper. Appeals To

**Updates IFEX alert dated 1 May 1996**

The independent daily “Azg” resumed publication on 14 May 1996
and Hagop Avedikian resumed his position as editor-in-chief after
a court quashed an attempt by the Ministry of Justice to change
the ownership of the newspaper.




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