Afgan Mukhtarli is an Azerbaijan investigate journalist who was living in Georgia. On 29th of May his wife has reported of him missing. Afgan Mukhtarli and his wife has asked for asylum from Georgian government in 2015 because they were afraid for their safety due to Afgan’s investugations about corruption of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev.
Lawyer of Afgan Mukhtarli have
spoken to him and said “ Afgan Mukhtarli was abducted in Tbilisi by plain men who spoke Georgian. The men tied him took into the car and
brought him to the border of Azerbaijan
and Tbilisi.
Afgan Mukhtarli has told that when they were crossing the border, these men had
put 10.000 euros into his pockets so Azerbaijani police could blame him of
smuggling.
His wife said “Afgan is arrested
because of his posts anti-Azerbaijan government.
HRW:
Afgan had escaped from Azerbaijan
government to Georgia
to find safety but it seems that he was not enough far from Azerbaijani
government.
Group of Azerbaijani and Georgian
citizens have protested in front of Georgian government building.

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