Afgan Mukhtarli

Scandal among the Azerbaijan opposition – Musavat Party accused of loyalty to the authorities

Opposition in Azerbaijan

May 11, 2020

Musavat itself denies the allegations and says that several party members acted without the leadership’s knowledge

Azerbaijani political emigrant detained in Poland on charges of tax evasion released on bail

January 09, 2020

He will be in Warsaw while the Polish prosecutor’s office carries out an investigation

Political prisoners ‘pardoned’ in Azerbaijan: a sign of change?

March 18, 2019

Some have thanked the president for the decree, while others demand the release of the remaining political prisoners

Azerbaijani journalist kidnapped from Tbilisi demands right to call family by Skype

November 08, 2018

The law does not explicitly allow or forbid this kind of communication for inmates

Afgan Mukhtarli’s lawyer: Ministry’s cameras failed to capture abduction

July 13, 2017

Afgan Mukhtarli's lawyer fears the case will go unsolved

Mukhtarli family assigned protection, while lawyer demands the case go to Prosecutor’s Office

June 06, 2017

The family suspects that Georgian police officers were involved in Afgan Mukhtarli’s abduction. Mukhtarli claims that the abductors were wearing Georgian criminal police uniforms

Georgian journalists in support of Afgan Mukhtarli - meeting with US Ambassador and protest in Parliament

June 06, 2017

Georgian journalists have met with the US Ambassador to Georgia to discuss the case of their Azeri colleague

Azerbaijani journalist missing in Tbilisi

May 30, 2017

A few days before disappearing, Afgan Mukhtarli mentioned in an interview with JAMnews that it was unsafe to stay in Georgia