Two Azerbaijani bloggers face up to 5 years jail for posting a video
of a donkey giving a press conference, the latest crackdown on the
vibrant Internet of the ex-Soviet Union.
Adnan Hajizade, 26, and Emin Milli, 29, posted the satirical video on
www.YouTube this summer, in a send-up of the Azerbaijan government and
media.
Surrounded by gravely nodding journalists, the donkey (one of the
bloggers in an oversized grey suit) extols the virtues of life in Azerbaijan and praises the government for its fair treatment of the four-legged beasts.
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