Fears for hunger-striking Azerbaijani editor

There is growing concern about the health of an Azerbaijani editor who has been on hunger strike for two weeks in protest at government pressure on his newspaper. "Doctors who examined Ganimat Zahidov reported that his health is in a critical condition and advised him to suspend the hunger strike, but he refused," said a spokesman for the opposition Popular Front party. Zahidov edits Azadliq, Azerbaijan's most popular opposition paper, which is threatened with eviction from its offices. The threat is regarded as government harassment. (Via International Herald Tribune)