Rights groups condemn attack on journalist in Azerbaijan

BAKU (Reuters) – Human rights groups on Thursday condemned the beating by police and security guards of an Azeri journalist who was filming house demolitions on the outskirts of the capital Baku. Idrak Abbasov, a reporter for the independent daily Zerkalo, was filming the demolition process on land owned by the state oil company SOCAR when around 20 policemen and security guards from the firm …