Mushfig Jabbar

Affiliated media: "Toplum TV", Employee

Incident date: March 8, 2024

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: CPJ - Committee to Protect Journalists

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Mass detentions took place in the editorial office of another independent media outlet in Azerbaijan. After a search, the office of the online TV channel Toplum TV was sealed and about 20 employees were taken away by police. All of the journalists were freed at around midnight except for video editor Jabbar, reporter Farid Ismayilov, and social media manager Elmir Abbasov, according to Ismayilova, a multiple award-winning investigative journalist, who was jailed from 2014 to 2016 in retaliation for her work. On March 8, the Khatai District Court in Baku ordered Jabbar to be detained for four months pending investigation on currency smuggling charges, while Ismayilov and Abbasov were released on bail.