Avaz Hafizli

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Avaz Hafizli chaining himself to the gates of the Prosecutor General’s Office in Septmeber 2021 to protest government inaction against homophobic incitement by popular Instagrammer Sevinj Huseynova. Image via Mikroskop.

Murderer of queer Azerbaijani journalist sentenced to 9 years

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The Baku Court of Grave Crimes has sentenced Amrulla Gulaliyev to nine years and six months in prison for the murder of his cousin, 24-year-old journalist and queer rights activist Avaz Hafizli. Hafizli was killed in his home in Baku on 22 February. During the trial, Gulaliyev, also 24, claimed that he murdered his cousin due to his sexual orientation. He testified that on the day of the murder, he went to Hafizli’s house and gave him a ‘final warning’. ‘I told him to return to turn from t

Armenia

Podcast | Why is Yerevan setting up a morning musical alarm?

by OC Media

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In this week’s episode of the Caucasus Digest, OC Media’s Editor-in-Chief, Robin Fabbro, talks to Luiza Mchedlishvili about the Chechen volunteers fighting against Russia in Ukraine. More: * ‘We have only one enemy — this is Russia’: the Chechens taking up arms for Ukraine Ismi Aghayev talks about the ongoing Avaz Hafizli murder trial. More: * Prominent queer Azerbaijani journalist brutally murdered * Obituary | Avaz Hafizli And Ani Avetisyan talks about the

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Obituary | Avaz Hafizli

by Ali Malikov

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Avaz Hafizli, aged 24, was murdered, allegedly by his cousin, on 23 February 2022. Ali Malikov writes about Avaz’s activism for the queer community in Azerbaijan, and his lasting contributions to the movement. It was about two years ago when I suddenly received a message from Avaz about the murder of Aysun, a transgender woman. He described the violent crime and said that blogger Ata Abdullayev was targetting Aysun. This is how we first met. Afterwards, Lili Nazarov, myself, and other qu

Avaz Hafizli

Prominent queer Azerbaijani journalist brutally murdered

by Ismi Aghayev

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Avaz Hafizli, one of Azerbaijan’s best-known openly queer journalists, has been stabbed to death and then dismembered, allegedly by his cousin. According to a joint statement from the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Interior Ministry, Hafizli was murdered by 24-year-old Amrulla Gulaliyev on Tuesday afternoon. According to the preliminary investigations, Gulaliyev was intoxicated at the time of the incident, and in his testimony, he said that he committed the crime because of a personal