RSF calls on Azerbaijani authorities to release Abzas Media editor Sevinj Vagifgizi and other detained media

In prison for over a year, Abzas Media editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi is facing an unfair and politically charged trial. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemns this judicial brutality under the trumped-up charge of “currency trafficking” and pays tribute to her courage and commitment. Ahead of the next hearing, the organization is calling for her immediate release, along with that of the other defendants in this case. Hardened by th…

Sevinge Vagifgizi, along with five colleagues from the independent publication Abzas Media, will appear in court again on April 1. They are accused of allegedly “smuggling foreign currency”.