Committee to Protect Journalists: Journalist Afgan Sadygov Detained Since May in Azerbaijan
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020
NEW YORK, June 18 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news:
Azerbaijani authorities should release journalist Afgan Sadygov and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The journalist has been jailed for his work at least three times in three years, according to CPJ research.
At about 3 p.m. on May 13, Sadygov, chief editor of the independent news website Azel.tv, left his Baku apartment to buy groceries and did n . . .
Azerbaijani authorities should release journalist Afgan Sadygov and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The journalist has been jailed for his work at least three times in three years, according to CPJ research.
At about 3 p.m. on May 13, Sadygov, chief editor of the independent news website Azel.tv, left his Baku apartment to buy groceries and did n . . .