Azerbaijan: Calls for an international campaign for press freedom

Speaking at the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day event over Skype, Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli call for an international campaign involving celebrities to draw attention to those harassed and imprisoned by authoritarian regimes. The two recently released video blogging youth activists also note that online tools are ineffective without people and that they can also be used by governments to monitor and identify activists and dissidents.

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