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Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. Photo: Bakhtiyar Hajiyev/Facebook.

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Bakhtiyar Hajiyev ends hunger strike after release of intimate images

by Ismi Aghayev

•2 min read

Imprisoned activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev stopped his hunger strike the day after intimate photographs, videos, and messages were leaked from his private accounts. Hajiyev had been on hunger strike against his detention for 50 days, since 9 January. His lawyer, Agil Lajic, said Hajiyev had ended his hunger strike after taking into account public opinion. He said Hajiyev would soon receive food at the detention centre he is being held in. ‘[Hajiyev] thanked everyone who supported him. The lega

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Intimate footage of imprisoned Azerbaijani activist leaked

by Ismi Aghayev

•2 min read

Private messages and intimate images and videos have been leaked from the accounts of Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, who remains on hunger strike against his imprisonment. On 24 February, private materials including messages with women, including other activists, selfies sent in these chats, nude photographs, and intimate videos were published in a Telegram channel that appeared to have been created for that purpose. It came on the same day that Hajiyev’s pre-trial detention was ex

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Baku court extends detention of hunger-striking activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev

by Yousef Bardouka

•2 min read

Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, an imprisoned social activist on hunger strike, has had his pre-trial detention extended for two months amid domestic and international concern for his deteriorating health condition. On Thursday, the Khatai District Court of Baku extended Hajiyev’s detention until 28 April. Hajiyev, who has been on hunger strike for 47 days, was detained on 9 December on charges of hooliganism and contempt of court; he was due to be released on 28 February. One of his lawyers, Shahla Hu

Bakhtiyar Hajiyev standing next graffiti calling for his release after he was arrested in 2012 for evading military service. Image via Facebook.

Azerbaijan

Washington calls for the release of imprisoned Azerbaijani activist Hajiyev

by Ismi Aghayev

•1 min read

The US Department of State has called for the release of the imprisoned human rights activist Bakhtiyav Hajiyev, who is over a month into a hunger strike. ‘We are deeply troubled that Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev has remained in detention since the eve of International Human Rights Day last December and that he continues to face charges widely understood as politically motivated,’ read a statement issued Saturday by the department’s spokesperson Ned Price. Price cited Hajiyev’s med

Ramzan Kadyrov training in his personal gym, wearing an ‘Akhmat Sila’ t-shirt. Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov/Instagram

Azerbaijan

Podcast | Sports and ‘the Path of Akhmat’ and the political activists imprisoned in Azerbaijan

by OC Media

•1 min read

Loujaine Laamal, an MA student in geopolitics at the French Institute of Geopolitics, discusses Ramzan Kadyrov’s politicisation of sports in Chechnya, and his attempts to construct a national identity focused on sportsmanship to help secure the future of his regime. Read more: * Analysis | How Kadyrov uses ‘the Path of Akhmat’ in sports to cement his rule in Chechnya Ismi Aghayev talks about imprisoned political activists and figures in Azerbaijan who claim they have

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Court denies bail to Azerbaijani activist despite ‘deteriorating health’

by Ismi Aghayev

•2 min read

The Baku Court of Appeal has rejected a request by Azerbaijani social activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev — who remains on hunger strike — to be released on bail. On Tuesday, the court ruled to uphold his pre-trial detention until 28 February. Hajiyev was arrested on 9 December and charged with hooliganism, charges local and international rights groups have described as politically motivated. According to Hajiyev’s lawyer Rovshana Rahimli, Bakhtiyar’s health continues to deteriorate. She said he was

Tofig Yagublu being detained at a protest in Baku on 23 December. Photo: Fargana Novruzova

Azerbaijan

Imprisoned opposition leader Tofig Yagublu on fifth day of hunger strike

by Ismi Aghayev

•2 min read

Azerbaijani opposition activist Tofig Yagublu is on his fifth day of hunger strike, with his wife and other activists joining in solidarity. Yagublu was placed in administrative detention on 23 December, after being arrested at a protest demanding the release of social activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. On the same day, a Baku court found him guilty of petty hooliganism and disobeying the police, sentencing him to 30 days of administrative detention, a decision that Yagublu described as politicall