Leyla Agayeva - Justice for Journalists

Leyla Agayeva

Affiliated media: Abzas Media , Employee

Incident date: December 6, 2023

Attack type:

  • Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

In connection with the criminal case against the journalists of Abzas Media, a number of journalists who had cooperated with the media outlet were summoned for the investigation and interrogated. On December 5, the journalist Shamistan Haziyev was interrogated, and on December 6, Leyla Agayeva was summoned for the investigation. According to investigative journalist Hafiz Babaly, the investigation has arrested bank accounts of a number of persons involved in the investigation and their family members.

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