Samira Aliyeva

Affiliated media: Toplum TV, Independent journalist

Incident date: July 10, 2024

Attack type:

• Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Independent journalist Samira Aliyeva was summoned to the Baku City Police Headquarters on July 10. She was interrogated for 4 hours "in the case of Toplum TV" as a witness, the journalist herself said. "Due to obligations not to disclose the secrets of the investigation, I cannot disclose the details. There was no mental or physical pressure on me," Aliyeva said. It should be noted that since the end of last year, dozens of journalists and activists in Azerbaijan have been interrogated in the cases of “Toplum TV” and “Abzas Media,” some of them have been banned from leaving the country. 14 people were arrested in these cases and a preventive measure was taken against two more persons in the form of transfer to police supervision.