Avaz Khafizli

Affiliated media: Freelancer

Incident date: August 27, 2020

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Youtube channel Portağal Media

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

On Thursday, the police stopped the animal defenders rally organized by Nijat Ismayilov in Baku. Two participants were detained. The protest was carried out because of the killing of six stray dogs near construction sites. The police used phsycal force against the journalists who covered the demonstrations (Nurlan Gahramanli, Teymur Kerimli, Avaz Khafizli). The police beat and pushed the journalists, and took away their phones and recording equipment (it was later returned).