Tural Sadygly

Affiliated media: YouTube channel «Azad Soz» (Free Speech), Manager

Incident date: November 2, 2021

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Turan.az

Location: United Kingdom, London

Additional information:

The blogger and founder of the YouTube channel Azad Soz Tural Sadygly claimed that his car was attacked on November 2 in London. In a video published on the channel, he said that while he was filming in London the properties belonging to the family of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the window of his car, left by him in the parking lot, was broken. The blogger’s computer was stolen from the car, after which he deleted his social media accounts. Sadygly complained to the police. Sadygly said he had been announcing his trip to London for three weeks to film the Aliyev family’s real estate, after which he received threats on social media. «I was threatened with death, problems for my family members in Azerbaijan», — Sadygly stated. The blogger attributes the attack to threats he had received previously.