Sevinj Vagifgizi

Affiliated media: Abzas Media , Journalist

Incident date: January 25, 2025

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Facebook account Azadlıq Qəzeti

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Sevinj Vagifgyzy, editor of ‘Abzas Media’, who is detained in Baku pre-trial detention centre-1, has reported physical pressures and discrimination against fellow journalists by the staff. In a telephone conversation with her family, she said that she was abused for trying to say hello to her colleague Elnara Gasymova. When Vagifgyzy was on the phone, outside Elnara Gasymova's cell, she wanted to say hello to her through the window in the door. At that moment, a warder named Aygul Babayeva firmly clamped the journalist's hand and pushed her against the wall. However, other prisoners are not prohibited from such communication. In response to the journalists' protests, the warden said that “others are allowed, but you are not allowed”.