Aziz Orujov - Justice for Journalists

Aziz Orujov

Affiliated media: Kanal 13 , Head

Incident date: November 27, 2023

Attack type:

  • Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

After searches were conducted at the flat of the head of Kanal 13 Aziz Orujov and the office of this resource, he was detained as a suspect. According to Orujov’s lawyer Bahruz Bayramov, the journalist is charged under Article 188.2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (unauthorised construction work on a land plot without the legally established right of ownership, use, or lease). Under this article, Orujov faces a sentence of one to three years of imprisonment.

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