Drug Charges For Baku Activists 'Trumped Up'
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Two Azerbaijani activists who daubed graffiti on a statue of former President Heidar Aliyev face up to 12 years in prison on drugs charges. The Azerbaijani authorities have "a sad history" of using trumped up narcotics charges to suppress dissent, according to Human Rights Watch. (RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service)