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Deniz Aghayev being beaten and dragged away by the police. Screengrab via social media.
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani police officer caught on camera beating 12-year-old boy

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Police officers have been filmed attacking a 12-year-old boy in Northern Azerbaijan, with local reports indicating that the child, his father, and uncle, were all detained following the incident. On Sunday, footage surfaced on social media showing officers attacking a boy, identified as 12-year-old Deniz Aghayev, and his father, Sakhavat Aghayev, in the village of Vandam in Gabala District. In the video, a uniformed police officer is seen kicking Deniz Aghayev while he is on the ground, and

A photograph of Aitaj Shakhmarova. Image via ambebi.ge
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Family of 14-year-old murdered in Georgia charged with complicity in her early marriage 

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A Georgian court has charged the mother and uncle of 14-year-old Aitaj Shakhmarova, who was murdered in early October, with forced marriage of a minor.  Local media reported on Friday that the minor had been kidnapped and forced into marriage by 27-year-old Asim Aslanov two months prior to the incident, and shot dead when she tried to escape on 6 October. Police arrested Asim Aslanov on Tuesday after a four-day search, a day after the Telavi district court charged Aslanov in absentia. Asla

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