Georgia’s failure to protect exile journalists contradicts country’s commitments under EU Association Agreement
The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) strongly condemns the abduction of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli from his Tbilisi, Georgia exile on 29 May 2017. Mukhtarli, a long-time critic of the Azerbaijani government, is currently detained in that country’s capital, Baku, according to his lawyer Elchin Sadiqov.
While we demand his immediate release from Azerbaijani detention, Mukhtarli‘s abduction is just the latest example of the Georgian government‘s inability or unwillingness to protect Azerbaijani journalists who have sought refuge in Georgia“,
ECPMF chair Henrik Kaufholz says. „Time after time in recent months, Azerbaijani journalists in Georgia have been harrassed by…
