Ulvi Hasanli

Affiliated media: Abzas Media , Director

Incident date: August 21, 2024

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Facebook account of Rubaba Quliyeva

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Ulvi Hasanli, director of the independent news platform Abzas Media has reportedly faced death threats while being held in Baku Pre-Trial Detention Center No. 1. The alarming details emerged through his wife, Rubaba Quliyeva, who raised concerns about Hasanli’s safety in the facility, suggesting that his treatment might be related to his journalistic work exposing human rights abuses. In a telephone conversation with his wife, Hasanli described a pattern of harassment that intensified after he reported incidents of torture within the detention center. He mentioned a particular detainee named Siyavush, an elderly man in his 60s held on drug-related charges, who had become increasingly aggressive towards him. According to Hasanli, Siyavush repeatedly sought to provoke violent confrontations, even going as far as brandishing a sharp object and issuing explicit death threats.