Institute for Reporters Freedom and Safety (IRFS) issued a statement condemning the targeted attacks on journalists and interference with their work while covering opposition protests last Saturday in the center of Baku. More than 20 journalists were detained by police and were not admitted to the place of action.
Moreover, during the campaign the employee of the newspaper "Yeni Musavat" Faraim Ilgaroglu, photo correspondent of Turan agency, Etimad Budagov, employee site "Media Forum" Amid Suleymanov, and reporter of the IRFS, Rasim Aliyev were subjected to pressure. They were all in identifying vests marked "Press". But that did not stop the police to beat journalists.
IRFS calls on the authorities to punish police officers who commit violence against journalists, to prevent such things in the future.—06D—
Politics
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On the evening of February 5, it was reported that journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi had been arrested. She had been a presenter on the Toplum TV channel for several years. After a criminal case was initiated against the channel in March 2024 and nearly all of its staff were arrested, Beylargizi was questioned multiple times. According to relatives, the police conducted a search of her apartment.
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By a presidential decree dated February 5, Mukhtar Babaev has been appointed the presidential representative for climate issues.
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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