Leaking of Intimate Material

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Chechnya

Chechen Deputy Minister of Information ‘kidnapped’ after intimate video shared online

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

Chechnya’s Deputy Minister for National Policy, External Relations, and Press and Information, Said-Magomed Bashirov, has reportedly disappeared following the distribution online of an intimate video. On 7 September, opposition blogger Khasan Khalitov published a recording of a WhatsApp video call in which Bashirov allegedly showed his genitals to another man. Khalitov wrote on Telegram that he received the recording from an anonymous source, via a Telegram feedback bot. ‘The most disg

Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. Photo: Bakhtiyar Hajiyev/Facebook.

Azerbaijan

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

Azerbaijan

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

Georgia

Podcast | Georgian Dream's Departed and sex tapes as weapons in Azerbaijan

by OC Media

•1 min read

In this week’s episode of the Caucasus Digest, OC Media’s Editor-in-Chief, Robin Fabbro, talks to Ismi Aghayev about the latest sex tape scandal in the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations, and the history of sexual intimidation in the country. Read More: * Azerbaijani colonel’s sex tapes latest in culture of sexual intimidation * Opinion | In Azerbaijan sex is a weapon Mariam Nikuradze talks about the four ex-members of Georgian Dream who have left the ruli

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani colonel’s sex tapes latest in culture of sexual intimidation

by Ismi Aghayev

•2 min read

Videos filmed by a senior Azerbaijani official in which he has sex with female colleagues on ministry property have circulated online. The videos, made public on Monday, show Colonel Zaur Mirzayev, assistant to the head of the State Fire Protection Service at the Ministry of Emergency Situations, having sex with at least 13 women, including high-level officials. The release of secretly filmed intimate recordings to discredit people, especially women, or to blackmail them, has become freq

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani Shia theologian ‘recorded secret sex tapes’ of others

by Ismi Aghayev

•1 min read

Pro-government social media channels in Azerbaijan have released footage of Shia theologian Sardar Babayev, who is awaiting trial for treason, appearing to secretly record intimate encounters of other Shia activists. Two similar videos began circulating on 10 November. In both, Babayev is seen planting a camera in a room, after which a religious activist enters and has sex with someone. Sardar Babayev was detained by the State Security Service on 19 October before being charged with treason

Irakli Baghdavadze. Photo via Mautskebeli.

Georgia

Tbilisi sanitation strike organiser allegedly blackmailed with intimate images

by Shota Kincha

•3 min read

A sanitation worker for the Tbilisi municipality, who was fired over organising an ‘illegal strike’, was allegedly blackmailed with intimate photos after the strike ended. Irakli Baghdavadze, a sanitary worker formerly working for Tbilservice Group, a sanitation company owned by the Tbilisi municipality, has allegedly been targeted with blackmail. He has been on hunger strike since 23 August to protest his firing, which took place earlier that same day. Eliso Kiladze, editor-in-chief of