 The Norwegian Helsinki Committee strongly condemned the arrest Aziz Orijov, the executive director of Azerbaijan's canal 13 Internet TV station, and dropped the charges against him. The committee says Azerbaijan authority has to end ongoing campaign against critical reporting. Recall that Orijov became the fourth journalist arrested in Azerbaijan in recent days. Recently, the committee called on the Azerbaijani authorities to stop pressure on independent media and immediately released the detained journalists. Norwegian Helsinki Committee also notes that this is not the first case of Orijov's persecution.In 2017, the court found him guilty of illegal entrepreneurship and sentenced him to six years of imprisonment. A year later, he was released on probation. The arrest is reportedly related to accusations of unauthorized construction, specifically under Article 188.2 of the criminal code. Orijov's lawyer, Beruz Baramov, clarified that Orijov had purchased a plot of land to build a house, a common practice in the area.