Nargiz Absalamova

Affiliated media: Abzas Media , Journalist

Incident date: March 20, 2024

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Journalists held in the Baku pre-trial detention center No. 1 complain about detention conditions. The editor-in-chief of Abzas Media, Sevinj Vagifgizi (Abbasova), spoke about this on March 19 in the Baku Court of Appeal. Lawyer Elchin Sadigov wrote on his Facebook account that Sevinj Vagifgizi, in her speech in court, stated that the conditions of detention in the Baku pre-trial detention center are deplorable: “The situation in my cell is terrible. There is almost no heat, the heating system does not work and the cell itself is damp,” - Vagifgyzy said. Nargiz Absalamova, another journalist, also arrested in the Abzas-Media case” and kept in the same pre-trial detention center, fell ill with an eye infection. “Nargiz caught a cold. It looks like his immune system has weakened. The doctor prescribes medications and she is given intravenous systems,” lawyer Shahla Gumbatova wrote on her Facebook page.