The USA on Tuesday urged Georgian authorities to ‘expeditiously’ launch self-exiled Azerbaijani journalist, Afgan Sadiqov, who was detained in Tbilisi final week and positioned in a deportation heart, TURAN ‘s Washington correspondent reviews.
“We’re deeply troubled by reviews of Afghan Sadygov being detained in Tbilisi. We urge Georgian authorities to respect human rights and basic freedoms and launch him expeditiously,” a State Division Spokesperson instructed TURAN’s Washington correspondent.
Sadygov, who runs the information outlet Azel.TV, was detained in Tbilisi on August 3, on the request of the Azerbaijani aspect. A day after the Tbilisi Metropolis Courtroom sentenced him to a few months of extradition detention.
“His arrest happens within the context of a unbroken crackdown on arrests of Azerbaijani civil society and we once more urge the Azerbaijani authorities to instantly launch all people who’re unjustly detained, to chorus from concentrating on civil society – together with throughout borders – and to finish efforts to undermine press freedom,” a State Division Spokesperson instructed TURAN .
Sadiqov is a former political prisoner as he had been arrested in Baku a number of occasions since 2016 and served greater than a 12 months in jail for his reporting.
Sadygov has been dwelling in Georgia since December 2023. He and his members of the family have reportedly been topic to threats and intimidation. On July 17, Sadygov was denied permission to depart Tbilisi’s worldwide airport for Turkey and was knowledgeable by border management officers that he may solely fly to Azerbaijan.
