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\n Jailed journalist Afgan Mukhtarli’s wife Leyla Mustafayeva has arrived in Berlin from Tbilisi together with her four-year-old daughter. Mustafayeva told Meydan TV that she left Georgia because she did not feel safe and was monitored there.\n<\/p>\n

\n The jailed journalist’s wife had informed Georgian law-enforcement agencies about her safety concerns numerous times, presenting evidence that she was being monitored. The monitoring became even more intensive after Azerbaijani Interior Minister Ramil Usubov visited Tbilisi.\n<\/p>\n

\n On 29 May Afgan Mukhtarli
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\n disappeared
\n <\/a>
\n in Tbilisi, Georgia, only to reappear under arrest in Baku. Azerbaijani authorities have charged Mukhtarli with crossing the border into Azerbaijan illegally, smuggling (he was allegedly carrying $10,000 at the time of his arrest), and resisting the orders of a police officer. The journalist himself has stated that he was kidnapped in Tbilisi and brought to Azerbaijan against his will.\n<\/p>\n

\n Authorities have stated that Mukhtarli\u2019s case is now part of a larger
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\n criminal investigation
\n <\/a>
\n against Meydan TV. Azerbaijan\u2019s Prosecutor General has charged Meydan TV with illegal commercial activities, large-scale tax evasion, and interfering in elections. Meydan TV co-founder Emin Milli
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\n commented
\n <\/a>
\n in 2016 on the criminal investigation, saying, “We consider this a declaration of war against independent journalism in Azerbaijan.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Afgan Mukhtarli is an investigative journalist who has published several pieces at Meydan TV. His last contribution before his arrest was an
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\n article
\n <\/a>
\n about politically-motivated kidnappings in Azerbaijan. Since his arrest, ifact.ge has completed an
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\n investigation
\n <\/a>
\n that Mukhtarli was working on,
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\n republished
\n <\/a>
\n here by Meydan TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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