Polad Aslanov

Affiliated media: xeberman.com, Head

Incident date: January 29, 2025

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Polad Aslanov, the head of the xeberman.com website serving his sentence at prison No. 15, reported threats from the prison authorities after he exposed violations of prisoners' rights in the prison. His wife, Gülmira Aslanova, shared this information with Turan news agency. "Polad called today and said that the head of the prison, Rashad Ahadov, threatened him for reporting the violations of prisoners' rights to the press. He threatened that if Polad does this again, he will be deprived of phone calls and meetings with family members, and will be placed in solitary confinement," his wife said. She also reported that pressure is being applied to prisoners to prevent them from communicating with Polad. "One prisoner was placed in solitary confinement for the fact that Polad explained to him the procedure for filing a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights."