Azerbaijan
Police detain remaining Meydan TV journalists in Azerbaijan
On Friday, Meydan TV’s Baku staff — Aynur Gambarova, who goes by the penname Elgunash, Natig Javadli, Aytaj Ahmadova, also known as Tapdig, Aysel Umudova, Khayala Aghayeva, and freelancer Ramin Jabrailzada, also known as Deko — were detained on charges of smuggling foreign currency. They were all remanded to the Baku City Police Station facing a common accusation, smuggling, which has repeatedly been used to detain journalists over the past year. Meydan TV’s editor, Orkhan Mammad, first
