Afgan Sadygov

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: October 23, 2025

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediachecker

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

The Tbilisi City Court has sentenced Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadygov to 14 days of administrative detention for allegedly “artificially blocking the road” on Rustaveli Avenue. Sadygov has been attending the ongoing protests on Rustaveli since his release from nine months of extradition-related imprisonment, during which he spent 161 days on hunger strike.