Muhammad Mirzali

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: March 5, 2021

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via non-physical pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Youtube channel Azad Soz

Location: Azerbaijan

Additional information:

A prominent Azerbaijani video blogger, Muhammad Mirzali, was blackmailed. Several years ago, he moved to Europe and now lives there. His YouTube channel is widely known in Azerbaijan, where his relatives live. In recent years, his family lived under pressure, with the father and mother being taken to the police, and his close relatives were arrested. It was demanded that the blogger would stop his professional activity. A few days ago, he was sent intimate pictures of his sister living in Azerbaijan. Mirazli was asked to stop his journalists' work. Otherwise, the images would be released.