“Azadlig” Newspaper correspondent Agil Khalil has sent a complaint to Chief Prosecutor Zakir Garalov about the threats and blackmailing during the investigation against him.
Journalist’s lawyer Elchin Sadigov told this to the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety. According to Sadigov, he appealed to court to protest against his 12 hour detention in the Grave Crimes Investigation Department of Chief Prosecutor’s office last Friday. Sadigov said, “We are protesting against the actions of the Investigation Department of Chief Prosecutor’s office and we’ll demand that the case to be investigated by a different investigative agency.”