Azerbaijan
Activist claims to have been kidnapped over criticism of Azerbaijani minister
A prominent activist and former political prisoner has accused the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry of orchestrating his kidnapping in order to warn him against criticising the minister. On 23 April, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev claimed to have been abducted by unidentified people who he said beat and humiliated him. In a post on Facebook, Hajiyev said he was attacked in the streets on his way home on the night of 21 April. ‘Four masked men forced me into a car and hit me on the head. They put me in a b
