Azerbaijan: Bloggers sentenced · Global Voices
Onnik Krikorian

As many of their supporters feared, and on the same day as a  round table on the case against two detained video blogging youth activists, a court in Baku, Azerbaijan, earlier passed sentence on Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli.
The verdict and first reaction spread on Twitter.
Media Helping Media quickly commented on the sentence.
According to supporters tweeting from the court, the lawyer for Hajizade, Isahan Ashurov, said the case was about power.
“Today we witness the unfair struggle of mind and physical power.” “Today we witness the unfair struggle of mind and physical power.”
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Supporters have tweeted that Hajizade said the decision was built on lies.
Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines also reflects on the verdict and says “this is not an end, this is only the beginning.”
Today at the end of the hearing, Emin said he is feeling proud and thats why he is ready to accept the verdict given to him. Adnan, questioned how alleged witnesses will look into the eyes of their families- we will be done with our sentences but I wonder how they are going to live a life built on lies… They both showed their strength to us, we must to the same in return.
Meanwhile, the first ever World Blogging Forum in Bucharest, Romania, immediately issued a preliminary statement.
We, the bloggers, will promote a world in which Internet users shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and repression in any form.
The bloggers united in Bucharest at the World Blogging forum are worried about the situation in Azerbaijan and support #EminAdnan as a Free Voice of the Internet and as a member of the World Blogging Family.
Global Voices caught up with Parvana Persiani, OL! youth activist and Hajizade's girlfriend, at the conference yesterday.
More updates will be posted as of when. Meanwhile, full coverage of the detention, trial and imprisonment of Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli is available in the Azerbaijan section of Global Voices Online and on the OL! Blog (in English and Azeri). The hashtag #EminAdnan is also used on Twitter.