Aygun Aliyeva

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: February 27, 2023

Attack type:

• Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: BBC

Location: Azerbaijan

Additional information:

Former employee of the Azerbaijani state news agency Azertaj Aygun Aliyeva has attempted suicide because of the «unfair dismissal» and «unfairness» of the court she later faced. The journalist was hospitalised and her life is not threatened at the moment. Aliyeva was fired from her job after she wrote a status on her social media page criticising the government.