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Farid Mehralizada has been named among the winners of the 2025 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award from the National Press Club of the United States. This award will be presented to nine journalists who worked with the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and are currently imprisoned in various countries. The National Press Club’s Board…

“Sənə lazım idi?”. Bu mənim həbs edildikdən bəri ən çox eşitdiyim sualdır. Həbsxanada qarşılaşan insanlar adətən ilk olaraq bir-birindən niyə həbs olunduqlarını soruşurlar. Mən bu suala cavab olaraq siyasi məhbus olduğumu dedikdə heç bir əlavə izaha ehtiyac olmadan istisnasız hər dəfə “sənə lazım idi?”,”Bilmirdin ki, bu ölkədə düz danışanı şərləyib tuturlar” kimi cümlələr eşidirəm. Bəs,…

Bildiyiniz kimi mən qaçaqmalçılıq və bundan törəyən Cinayət Məcəlləsinin digər 6 maddəsi üzrə ittiham olunuram. Ancaq bizim ilk gündən mövqeyimiz budur ki, mən heç bir cinayət törətməmişəm və mənim həbsim siyasi sifarişdir. Məsələ bundan ibarətdir ki, mən iqtisadçıyam və eyni zamanda iqtisadi jurnalistika ilə məşğul olmuşam və həm öz çıxışlarımda, həm də yazılarımda Azərbaycanda həyata…

I am Imprisoned in Azerbaijan. My Crime? Journalism The morning of my arrest felt like any other day. My wife Nargiz and I woke up, had breakfast, and talked about her upcoming doctor’s visit. This one felt special because the ultrasound was going to show our baby in more detail, almost like a photo. I…

On 17 December, the trial of Farid Mehralizada commenced at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes with the preliminary hearing in the case of Abzas Media.  Journalists were denied access to the courtroom to report the process. Before the court hearing started, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFERL) condemned the “sham trial” of its journalist, Farid…

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijani authorities to immediately release Farid Mehralizada, an economist and journalist with U.S. Congress-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Azerbaijani service, known locally as Radio Azadliq, who has been detained on currency smuggling charges since May. On October 30, RFE/RL issued a statement calling for the release of Mehralizada,…

Stephen Capus, the president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, called for the release of journalist and economist Farid Mehralizade. “Today (October 30) marks five months since the unjust imprisonment of RFE/RL journalist and economist Farid Mehralizadeh. We are deeply concerned about his imprisonment on false charges. We call for his immediate release so that he…

The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), an independent human rights organization based at the School of Law, Middlesex University, has proceeded to represent imprisoned Azerbaijani economist Farid Mahralizada at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The case, submitted to the ECtHR on 5 October, seeks to challenge the arrest and detention of Farid…

On Friday, the Khatai District Court in Baku extended the detention of economist Farid Mehralizade for an additional three months. According to the court’s decision, he will remain in custody until December 19, his lawyer, Javad Javadov, reported. Mehralizade was arrested in connection with the “Abzas Media” case. However, he denies the charges, stating that…

Azerbaijani police have pressed new charges against two of AbzasMedia’s staff members and an economist detained during the crackdown on independent media. The chief investigator of the Baku City Police Department on Friday charged those detained in Abzas Media case, including economist Farid Mehralizade with illegal entrepreneurship, smuggling assets as part of an organised group, tax evasion,…