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Azerbaijan imposes travel ban on mother of jailed journalist
Dilruba Amanova’s daughter Aytaj Ahmadova (Tapdig) was one of 12 journalists detained as part of a 2024 crackdown on independent Azerbaijani media.

Dilruba Amanova’s daughter Aytaj Ahmadova (Tapdig) was one of 12 journalists detained as part of a 2024 crackdown on independent Azerbaijani media.

He now awaits permission to attend his father’s wake scheduled for 15 May.

Haji Valiyev was the chair of a veterans’ rights organisation.

Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Ulviyya Ali writes of the psychological toll on Azerbaijani prisoners in a letter dated one year after her arrest.

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease that causes rapid muscle loss — in Georgia, there is little state support for healthcare.

The NIYSO movement added that relatives of those detained have been receiving threats.

The abductors, reportedly from Chechnya, called themselves police officers.