Tebriz Mirzoev - Justice for Journalists

Tebriz Mirzoev

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: March 18, 2020

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: azadliq.org

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

On March 18, a group of citizens held a protest in front of Azerbaijan's Turkish Embassy. They protested against the arrest in Turkey of the well-known Azerbaijani businessman Mubariz Mansimov. Most of the journalists, bloggers who carry out their legitimate professional activities were subjected to physical pressure. Photo-videographer of Radio Azadlyg Ramin Deko was beaten, his professional equipment was confiscated. Freelancer Tebriz Mirzoev, Nurlan Gahramanli, Teymur Kerimov and others were also subjected to physical pressure.

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