Sevinj Sadygova

Affiliated media: Azel TV, Journalist

Incident date: June 8, 2024

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Sevinj Sadigova, a reporter for the Azel TV YouTube channel, was briefly detained by police on June 8. The reason for the detention was her live broadcast on Facebook about an incident in an above-ground pedestrian crossing near Ukraine Square in Baku, where people were stuck in an elevator. She was taken to the 35th police station of the Khatai district. “There they began to insult me ​​and mock me. They threatened me with administrative arrest. They said that they would put a white coat on me and take me to a mental hospital. Then they brought in an elderly man. He began to insult me ​​because I was filming him in the passage without his permission,” - Sadigova said.