Elmar Huseynov

11 Year after Murder of Journalist Elmar Huseynov, Impunity Still Prevails in Azerbaijan

The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) condemns the Azerbaijani authorities for their failure to apprehend those behind the murder of journalist Elmar Huseynov, 11 years after his death. An ardent critic of the current government, the Editor-in-Chief of Monitor magazine, Elmar Huseynov, was shot dead on the doorstep of his home on March 2, 2005. ‘The murder of Elmar Huseynov marked a turning point for the civil society in Azerbaijan, clearly demonstrating the cost of criticizing the regime and the prevailing culture of impunity’, said IRFS Director...

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Elshad Abdullayev claims journalists were killed by former General of Ministry of National Security

On December 19, Elshad Abdullayev, the former rector of Azerbaijan International University (AIU), now living in exile in France, addressed the Azerbaijani leadership, the Chief of the State Security Service Madat Guliyev, and the media. In his message, Elshad Abdullayev spoke about the threa ts he had received from the arrested Major General Akif Chovdarov, the former Chief of the General Directorate for Energy and Transport Security at the Ministry of National Security. “Akif Chovdarov owed 300,000 dollars to my brother Mahir Abdullayev. Akif Chovdarov’s accomplice Gulu...

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Late journalist Rasim Aliyev’s 31st birthday marked at his grave

The 16th of August would have been the birthday of Chairman and board member of the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS), journalist Rasim Aliyev, who died on 9 August after being severely beaten the previous day. He would have turned 31. Seven days had passed since his death. His family, friends and colleagues marked Aliyev’s birthday at his grave. They spoke about his journalistic activities and his victimhood to the arbitrariness reigning in the country, and demanded that his killers be brought to...

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IRFS outraged over journalist Rasim Aliyev’s murder

Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety Statement August 10, 2015 Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety is in shock over the murder of our longtime employee and board member, current Chairman Rasim Aliyev. On August 8, 2015, unknown persons beat Aliyev to within inches of his life. He died several hours later in a hospital after doctors failed to provide necessary medical treatment. We express our heartfelt condolences to Rasim Aliyev’s family members, friends, and colleagues, and declare that this murder is a constituent part of the Azerbaijan’s government policy of deliberately destroying the country’s civil...

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European Court opens communications on the case of murdered journalist Elmar Huseynov

The European Court of Human Rights has opened communication on the case of the late journalist Elmar Huseynov, who was murdered on 2 March 2005. Huseynov had worked as the Editor-in-Chief of Monitor magazine. The application was submitted to the European Court of Human Rights back in February 2010 by the journalist’s wife, Rushaniyya Huseynova. The European Court of Human Rights has sent an inquiry to the government of Azerbaijan, requesting that all the materials related to the criminal case be presented to the Court. One of...