[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDSC) Anar Mammadli has been detained today in Baku on Teymur Aliyev Street and taken away to an unknown destination, Mammadli’s colleagues reported. The EMDSC is known for its independent election monitoring.
In 2013, Mammadli was already arrested and sentenced to prison on charges of committing economic crimes. He was recognized as a political prisoner. Mammadli was awarded the Vaclav Havel Prize.
Earlier, the pro-government press called him among the representatives of civil society who “use Western money to work against Azerbaijan.”
Anar Mammadli was detained, an investigation is underway, additional information will be provided to the public.
Ibrahim Amiraslani, a colleague of the press service of the Turana Ministry of Internal Affairs, said this.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]