Mustafa Gadzhibeili

Affiliated media: Basta.info , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: May 14, 2020

Attack type:

Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The editor in chief of Basta.info website Mustafa Gadzhibeili was called in by the Execution and Probation department of Binagadinski district. In 2019 he was sentenced to five years and six months of suspended sentence for his work. He was also forced to pay 322 manats and 34 quapiks for an examination. In case if he refused, the journalist was threatened to be arrested in accordance with administrative procedures.

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