Three journalists, returning from training in Ukraine, detained in Baku

Дата: 21 September 2015
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The journalists were detained at the Baku Airport and taken to the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime.

As Crimea.Realities news portal reports referring to the RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service, three Azerbaijani journalists, Izolda Agayeva, Sevinj Vagifgyzy and Aytan Farkhadova, were detained at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

According to the RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service, the journalists were arrested immediately upon their return from the Ukraine, where they had taken part in the training.

At first, they were detained by the air transport police who claimed that the names of the journalists had been blocked in the system. Further, as Meydan TV reports, the women were taken to the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime.

As reported, September 1, Azerbaijani Khadija Ismayilova, who had been investigating the government corruption, was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison. She was accused of tax evasion and illegal business activities.

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