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Afgan Sadygov. Photo via Sakartvelos Ambebi.
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Tbilisi Court rules in favour of extraditing jailed Azerbaijani journalist

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The Tbilisi City Court ruled on Thursday to approve the extradition of Afgan Sadigov, an Azerbaijani journalist who has been in custody in Gldani prison in Tbilisi since 4 August.  Sadigov’s lawyers will still have seven days to appeal the decision, and the case may be brought before the Supreme Court.  Should all final appeals fail, Sadigov will be extradited back to Azerbaijan, where he was arrested several times on charges he refuted and said were politically motivated. His wife has sa

Afgan Sadygov. Photo via Sakartvelos Ambebi.
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Detained Azerbaijani journalist transferred to Georgia prison hospital following hunger strike

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Detained Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov has been transferred to a prison hospital in Georgia on his 17th day of hunger strike. Sadigov has been in extradition custody in Gldani prison in Tbilisi since 4 August.  Sadigova told Netgazeti on Tuesday that she was informed about her husband’s transfer to the hospital late Monday night. ‘I asked [to] talk to my husband, so I could hear his voice’, she said, adding that she was denied permission. ‘They called me late at night, but I don’

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