Azerbaijan: arrested journalist starts protest hunger strike

January 30, 2025 21:59

• Law enforcers detain Suleimanova's friend at her picket

  The police have detained Elena Patyaeva during her solo picket held in Saint Petersburg, where she demanded an inquiry into the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova. The reason for the detention was an alleged violation of anti-Covid restrictions.

January 30, 2025 21:44

• At her picket, friend of Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya, claims investigators’ inaction

  At her solo picket held in Saint Petersburg, Elena Patyaeva has stated that within 10 months the inquiry into the disappearance of her friend, Seda Suleimanova, had yielded no results.

January 30, 2025 20:49

• Defence treats extension of Musaeva's arrest as unlawful

  A court in Grozny has extended the arrest of Zarema Musaeva in the case of disrupting the work of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) until February 24, 2025.

January 29, 2025 22:40

• Georgian Ombudsperson tells about Mziya Amaglobeli’s health condition

  Mziya Amaglobeli, a journalist, who has been on her hunger strike for the third week, feels satisfactory, her condition is monitored by doctors. More than 300 Georgian journalists have signed a letter in Mziya’s support.

January 29, 2025 22:12

• Georgian activist links his kidnapping to participation in protests

  Vakho Pitskhelauri, an activist, was kidnapped and beaten up by unknown persons; he managed to escape. He believes that his kidnapping had to do with his participation in protests against the policy of the “Georgian Dream” Party.