 The arrest of Canal 13 presenter Rufat Muradli and other Azerbaijani journalists has been condemned by the committee to protect journalists. The Azerbaijani authorities arrested Rufat Muradli, a journalist of popular online channel Canal 13 on Saturday on charges of minor hooliganism and disobeying police order. Later the same day, Muradli was sentenced to 30 days' detention on those charges by the Qadai District Court in capital Baku. According to the court verdict, two police officers approached Muradli in Baku's Qadai District because he was shouting obscenities. When police called him to order, the journalist did not obey, so the officers arrested him. The verdict did not provide any additional detail. Canal 13 chief editor Anna Orijov said the charges against Muradli were baseless and part of the authorities ongoing crackdown against the channel and other independent media. Muradli's detention came days after the arrest of Canal 13 director Aziz Orijov, who was Anna's brother. The court ordered Aziz Orijov to be held in pretrial detention for three months on trumped-up charges of illegal construction. Muradli was the sixth journalist arrested in Azerbaijan in less than two weeks, the committee to protect journalists noted.