Elmar Aziz - Justice for Journalists

Elmar Aziz

Affiliated media: Arqument.az , Journalist

Incident date: December 2, 2022

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

In December, the employee of the news portal Arqument.az Elmar Aziz was taken to the Pirallahi District Police Department. The day before, the journalist shared a video about receiving a bribe by traffic police officers on his page in social networks. The journalist said that he was treated rudely and threatened at the police station. The next day after the incident, the journalist's parents were also summoned to the police station.

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