Protests against Azeri journalist’s "extraordinary rendition" and detention
by ECPMF staff
Demonstrators have gathered in the Georgian capital Tbilisi in support of Afghan Mukhtarli, the exiled journalist who was taken by unknown persons to Azerbaijan where he is now on trial.
Holding her husband's passport, journalist Leyla Mustayeva protests in Tbilisi his kidnapping and detention in Baku. (Photo originally published by Eurasianet: http://www.eurasianet.org/node/83786)
His wife Leyla Mustayeva joined the rally and stressed that he did not go willingly:
I am holding his passport right here. Can the Georgian authorities please explain how a man crossed an international border with no identification documents on him?"
Ms Mustayeva, who is also an Azeri journalist…
