Azerbaijan, Agjabadi / corr Trend S.Jaliloglu / Articles on slander should be excluded from the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan, Anne Derse, US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, stated during her visit to Agjabadi district of Azerbaijan.
"Making journalists answerable for slander is not right," Derse said. This issue is the focus of the US Government and Azerbaijan. The diplomat stated that the trial of the journalists who are charged with slander contradicts the European Convention on Human Rights.