Lawyer Appeals to Arrest Afgan Sadygov

Baku/12.07.18/Turan: A lawyer Javad Javadov only today managed to meet with the arrested journalist Afgan Sadigov, who was detained on July 6, in administrative order, and is kept in the Binagadi detention center. Despite the court decision stated that Sadigov should be kept in an isolation ward for persons under administrative detention, he was transferred there only today, Javadov told Turan agency.

Earlier, the relatives reported that the head of the site Azel.tv was detained on July 6 in Jalilabad region - 211 km. from Baku. On July 9, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the detention of Sadigov among those who "committed unlawful appeals in social networks in connection with the energy blackout and an attempt on the head of Ganja." "Although Sadigov was detained in Jalilabad, he was arrested by the decision of the Narimanov District Court of Baku for 30 days under the Articles 510 (minor hooliganism) and 535.1 (not subordination to the lawful demands of the police). On the eve, the International Committee to Protect Journalists' Rights called on the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately release Sadigov.

ICJ found gross abuses of human rights the actual abduction of the journalist's mother in order to force him to report to the police. ICJ demanded to release journalist immediately, stop harassment of mass media and blocking critical websites in Azerbaijan "-03 / 16D-