{"id":170119,"date":"2015-09-25T06:36:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T06:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/hrw-decries-illegal-detention-of-shirin-abbasov\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:38:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:38:28","slug":"hrw-decries-illegal-detention-of-shirin-abbasov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/hrw-decries-illegal-detention-of-shirin-abbasov\/","title":{"rendered":"HRW decries illegal detention of Shirin Abbasov"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/34298\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34298\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  <i><br \/>\n    Source:<br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/09\/23\/azerbaijan-journalist-illegally-detained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        Human Rights Watch<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n  <\/i>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/34256\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34256\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  Human Rights Watch (HRW) on September 23 called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release Meydan TV contributor Shirin Abbasov immediately and \u201ctake swift action against those responsible for the violations of his right to liberty and security and basic detainee rights.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 19-year-old journalist has been held incommunicado without access to a lawyer since his detention on September 16. HRW called his detention illegal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cHolding Shirin Abbasov in incommunicado arbitrary detention is outrageous and raises real concern that he may be ill-treated,\u201d said<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/about\/people\/jane-buchanan\"><br \/>\n    Jane Buchanan<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  , associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. \u201cThis is an escalation in the Azerbaijan government\u2019s campaign to silence independent media.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A person close to Abbasov\u2019s family with knowledge of the case told Human Rights Watch that officials from the Interior Ministry\u2019s organized crime unit have confirmed that Abbasov is being held at their headquarters, known as \u201cBandhotel.\u201d Azerbaijani law only allows authorities to hold detainees in temporary detention facilities such as police stations for 72 hours.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As reported earlier, Abbasov went missing at 2pm on September 16 on his way to university. His family could not reach him for hours. Shortly after midnight, officials from the Interior Ministry\u2019s organized crime unit confirmed to Abbasov\u2019s family that he was in their custody. They refused to explain the reason for Abbasov\u2019s arrest, saying they would tell his parents at a meeting the next morning. At the meeting, Interior Ministry officials claimed that Abbasov did not want to see them or anyone else.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Meydan TV reported earlier that Abbasov was sentenced to 30 days in administrative detention for disobeying the police. According to HRW, however, an individual with knowledge of the case said that Abbasov\u2019s lawyer had requested documentation of the proceedings, but the court responded that it had no record of administrative or criminal cases against Abbasov.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  According to HRW, incommunicado detention, as well as violating due process rights, places detainees at an enhanced risk of ill-treatment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe attacks on journalists working with Meydan TV, one of the last sources of independent news about Azerbaijan, shows that the government is going to great lengths to stamp out any remaining critical voices,\u201d Buchanan said. \u201cThe European Union and Azerbaijan\u2019s other international partners should call for Abbasov\u2019s urgent release and make clear that there is a price to pay for trampling fundamental freedoms.\u201d<br \/>\n  \n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the human rights watchdog, incommunicado detention, as well as violating due process rights, places Abbasov at an enhanced risk of ill-treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":34298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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