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Azerbaijani RFE/RL journalist detained, barred from leaving country

By | June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Media|Tags: , , |

Kamran Mahmudov (right) pictured next to his Azerbaijani colleague Afgan Mukhtarli, whose abduction in Tbilisi in May caused a public outcry in Georgia. (Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A journalist at Radio Free Europe’s now closed office in Azerbaijan was detained on Thursday and told that he cannot leave the country. Kamran Mahmudov, a former producer for RFE/RL, was detained at the border on the way into Georgia and taken to the […]

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European Parliament calls on Georgia to investigate journalist’s disappearance

By | June 16th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The EU Parliament calls on Georgia to thoroughly investigate the disappearance of an Azerbaijani investigative journalist in the center of Tbilisi two weeks ago. MEPs further urge Baku to immediately release Afgan Mukhtarli and drop all charges. […]

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Protesters put bags over their heads as parliament silent on Mukhtarli case

By | June 6th, 2017|Categories: Media|Tags: , |

(Liberali.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian journalists covered their heads with plastic sacks during a meeting of the parliament’s human rights committee on Tuesday to protest the abduction of an Azerbaijani investigative journalist in Tbilisi. But the committee did not discuss […]

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Georgian authorities deny involvement in abduction of Azerbaijani journalist

By | June 1st, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s head of government Thursday denied that his country’s authorities had been involved when a journalist was abducted three days earlier in Tbilisi and delivered into the hands of Azerbaijani police for criminal prosecution. […]

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Abduction of Azerbaijani journalist sparks outrage in Tbilisi

By | May 31st, 2017|Categories: Media|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists rallied in Tbilisi on Wednesday against the apparent abduction and return to Azerbaijan of an investigative journalist who had criticized the Aliyev regime. Journalists and rights activists rallied outside the government office […]

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Journalist who sought refuge in Georgia abducted to Azerbaijan

By | May 31st, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

 Afgan Mukhtali TBILISI, DFWatch–An investigative journalist who fled Azerbaijan and sought asylum in neighboring Georgia was abducted by unknown men in Tbilisi on Monday and taken across the border to his home country. Journalist Afgan Mukhtali is now being held in Baku, […]

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Rallies in Tbilisi and Batumi in support of jailed Azerbaijani journalist

By | December 11th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Two demonstrations were held in Georgia Wednesday in support of the Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who was recently detained. Ismayilova was placed in preliminary detention in Baku on December 5, after being subject to a travel ban earlier […]

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