WASHINGTON, June 21 -- On June 20, Marie Struthers, Eastern Europe and Central Asia director at Amnesty International, reacted to the sentencing of seven media workers in Azerbaijan's "Abzas Media case" to lengthy prison terms, stating it exemplifies the weaponization of the judicial system to silence independent journalism. Struthers highlighted that fabricated economic charges against journalists exposing corruption send a chilling message and called for a strong international response. She  more PR