RSF called for Azerbaijan's power to release Abzas Media Media Vagifgizi and other detained mediators

< img src = "/uploads/blogs/b3/81/ib-frd325252tq_715237c6.jpg" Alt = "rsf urged the Azerbaijan power < p > Sevinj Wagifgizi, along with P & Rsquo; Yatima colleagues from the independent edition of Abzas Media will again come before the court on April 1. They are accused of alleged & laquo; foreign currency smuggling & raquo;.

< P > On Tuesday, April 1, in Azerbaijan, the editor -in -chief of Abzas Media Sevinj Wagifzi and five other media people awaits a new hearing in the case of & laquo; foreign currency smuggling & raquo; International Organization & laquo; reporters without borders & raquo; (RSF) & nbsp; condemned & nbsp; pursuing journalists and called for their immediate release.

< p > in the comment & nbsp; RSF Sewng Wagifzi said that their mood & laquo; exalted & raquo;.

~ ~ < p >At her last hearing on March 11, the editor called the Azerbaijani leader in court, directly responsible for his imprisonment, declaring: & nbsp; < Em > & laquo; our arrest has to eliminate us [from journalism], because surroundings & raquo;. & nbsp; she also determined the accusation against her and her colleagues.

< p >< Em > & laquo; this case is not about smuggling, illegal entrepreneurship, tax evasion or forgery. It is about intolerance to the truth & raquo ;, & nbsp; & mdash; said the journalist who & nbsp; is in custody for almost 500 days.

< p > Head of Eastern Europe and Central Asia RSF & Nbsp; Jeanne Kavelier believes that Sevifgizi embodies the dignity, hope and resistance of independent journalism in the face of repression. < p >< Em >& laquo; keeping it in custody, the Azerbaijani authorities simply demonstrates its weakness to the power of the free press they do not understand. RSF calls for the immediate release of Sevifgizi and other 24 media professionals detained for their work & raquo; , & nbsp; & mdash; said Kavelier.

< P > Since 2009, Sevhyhifgizi worked with independent Media Bizim Yol, Azadlıq, and later Meydan TV. It is investigating the abuse of power, including hidden assets of the ruling family & Rsquo; Ї Alium, theft, prob & rsquo; ryquo; President.

< p >From 2015 to 2019, she was forbidden from the country. In 2020, she was beaten by police during protest coverage. She encountered numerous arrests, threats, slander campaigns and attempts to prevent her work. After her arrest at Baku Airport in November 2023, she was cut off from the outside world for several weeks, and the bank accounts of the journalist and her family members were frozen for six months.

~ < P > Recall that at the end of November and early December 2023 in Azerbaijan & nbsp; UV & Rsquo; Six journalists, & nbsp; in particular, four employees of the independent edition of Abzas Media. Some of them threaten up to eight years of UV & Rsquo; RSEF -FABRACKED APPLICATION IN & LAquo; Foreign Currency Smuggling & investigates corruption in Azerbaijan. & nbsp;

< p > in March 2024 in & nbsp; Azerbaijan & nbsp; nbsp; more nine & rsquo; ryquo; yathon journalists; They searched and sealed, and his video from YouTube was removed. Channel workers were accused of & laquo; group smuggling & raquo;. & Amp; nbsp;

~ < p > December 6, editor -in -chief Meydan TV Orhan Mamed also & nbsp; informed that the authorities detained six media. After detention, they were accused of & laquo; foreign currency smuggling & raquo; and placed in custody for four months. On the same day, three other media ladies not related to Meydan TV were also detained.