Событие Sevinj Osmangyzy - Justice for Journalists

Sevinj Osmangyzy

Affiliated media: Osmanqızı TV, Manager

Incident date: April 7, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Real TV

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The government-controlled TV channel "Real" broadcast information live on air about the personal life of Sevinj Osmangyzy, a TV journalist and critic and manager of the channel “Osmanqızı TV”, which broadcasts from abroad. "Real TV" showed the journalist's conversations on Facebook and phone calls. Osmangyzy regularly features the thoughts of opposition politicians on her programmes. Prior to the dissemination of her personal information on the government TV channel, unknown people threatened Osmangyzy (for example with spreading intimate photos, etc.)

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