
Azerbaijan bans the family of detained journalist from attending award ceremony in France
Abzas Media director Ulvi Hasanli’s wife, Rubaba Guliyeva, was unable to attend the Václav Havel award ceremony due to a travel ban.
Abzas Media director Ulvi Hasanli’s wife, Rubaba Guliyeva, was unable to attend the Václav Havel award ceremony due to a travel ban.
The three women journalists — Sevinj Abbasova, Elnara Gasimova, and Nargiz Absalamova — were not notified of the transfer beforehand.
Nargiz Absalamova, an imprisoned journalist from Abzas Media, has been awarded the Free Media Prize.
The two journalists from the South Caucasus were among the top three finalists for the prize.
Abzas Media editor-in-chief Sevinj Abbasova and journalist Elnara Gasimova have written letters from prison about their experiences
Abzas Media director Ulvi Hasanli lost 15 kilogrammes during the hunger strike in prison.
Three imprisoned Abzas Media staff members have gone on hunger strike after their director, Ulvi Hasanli, began his.