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Main Organized Crime Department confirms journalist Shirin Abbasov never waived his right to a lawyer

Main Organized Crime Department confirms journalist Shirin Abbasov never waived his right to a lawyer The Interior Ministry’s Main Organized Crime Department (MOCD) confirmed that Shirin Abbasov, a journalist with Meydan TV, did not waive his right to a lawyer of...

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Shirin Abbasov released after serving out his sentence

Meydan TV journalist Shirin Abbasov, who has been held at the Main Organised Crime Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs since 16 September, has been released into his family’s custody, reported his lawyer Elchin Sadigov. According to the lawyer, neither...

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Journalist’s brothers detained

On 13 October, the two brothers of Meydan TV Editor Gunel Movlud, Raji and Vekil Imanov, were detained by police, reported Movlud’s father Vezir Imanov. “Vekil was on his way home from work in a car with his colleagues in the...

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Joint STATEMENT: Sport for Rights Calls for Release of Detained Journalist, End to Pressure against Independent Media

Azerbaijan: Sport for Rights Calls for Release of Detained Journalist, End to Pressure against Independent Media The Sport for Rights Coalition condemns the Azerbaijani authorities’ extensive pressure against the staff of independent online television station Meydan TV, as part of a wider...

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Meydan TV employee detained

Journalist Aytaj Ahmadova, who cooperates with Meydan TV, was detained by the Main Organised Crime Department on 16 September 16 at 16.00, while out shopping with a Meydan TV intern. The latter wished to remain anonymous. The two women were...

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Meydan TV staff questioned

On September 1, Meydan TV journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi gave a statement at the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office, following an interrogation by investigator Ramiz Allahverdiyev. According to the journalist, she was first questioned about the events that...

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Additional Meydan TV employees face questioning

On September 3, Shirin Abbasov, a journalist cooperating with Meydan TV, was summoned to the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office in connection with Bahruz Hajiyev’s death in Mingechevir police department. Abbasov said that while he had...

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Lawyer Adil Ismayilov issues statement on arrest of Emin Milli’s brother-in-law

Lawyer Adil Ismayilov issues statement on arrest of Emin Milli’s brother-in-law On July 30, lawyer Adil Ismayilov reported on the criminal case against Nazim Abagayov, the brother-in-law of Meydan TV Director Emin Milli. “Nazim Agabayov was detained by officers of the Office...

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Families of human rights defenders under attack in Azerbaijan

Families of human rights defenders under attack in Azerbaijan The Azerbaijani regime is trying to silence human rights defenders in exile by targeting their families and loved ones – those whom they were forced to leave behind. On 22 July, Ganimat Zahid, the...

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Ministry of Internal Affairs: There is no travel ban on Meydan TV staff

On July 27, the Ministry of Internal Affairs provided an official response to the inquiry from Meydan TV staff regarding the travel ban that border guards had told them they had been placed under. Arziman Aliyev, the Head of the...