Makhmud Tagiev

Affiliated media: Kavkaz, Manager

Incident date: April 30, 2019

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: ONA

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Two journalists were given criminal sentences and are in prison. Both journalists were convicted of "extortion." The head of the Kavkaz news agency, Mahmoud Tagiyev, was sentenced to 12 years, while Ganimat Mamedov, an employee of the regionxeberleri.com website, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Both journalists said the charges were fabricated.