Əfqan Muxtarlı

Əfqan Muxtarlı (* 1974 ; internationally spelled Afgan Mukhtarli ) is an Azerbaijani journalist .

Life

Mukhtarli became known, among other things, for his research on corruption in the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense. Since 2015 he has lived in exile in Tbilisi , the capital of Georgia, where he was kidnapped on May 29, 2017 and arrested in Azerbaijan one day later. Despite international protests, Afgan Mukhtarli was sentenced to 6 years in prison on January 12, 2018.

Awards

September 2017: " EaP CSF Pavel Sheremet Journalism Award "

literature

Short biography in: Zaur Gasimov: Historical Dictionary of Azerbaijan , 2017, p. 158. ( online )

Web links

Afgan Mukhtarli, Meydan TV, Institute of War and Peace Reporting. Imprisoned in Azerbaijan. May 29, 2017 ( CPJ )
"Statement on the Abduction and Arrest of Afgan Mukhtarli" , US State Department, June 3, 2017
“Leyla Mustafayeva: Əfqan Muxtarlı‚ onlara yalnız Əliyev ailəsinə görə lazım idi '” , BBC, June 10, 2017
"Afgan Mukhtarli: Did Georgia help abduct an Azeri journalist?" BBC, July 18, 2017
Mike Runey: "Afgan Mukhtarli: behind bars, but not forgotten" , openDemocracy , January 29, 2018

Individual evidence

↑ "On the Sentencing of Afgan Mukhtarli" , US State Department, January 12, 2018. Query date: May 3, 2018.
↑ "Afgan Mukhtarli Becomes the Winner of the EaP CSF Pavel Sheremet Journalism Award 2017" , press release of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum , September 29, 2017. Query date: November 25, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Muxtarlı, Əfqan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mukhtarli, Afgan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Azerbaijani journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	1974

[1] "On the Sentencing of Afgan Mukhtarli" , US State Department, January 12, 2018. Query date: May 3, 2018.

[2] "Afgan Mukhtarli Becomes the Winner of the EaP CSF Pavel Sheremet Journalism Award 2017" , press release of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum , September 29, 2017. Query date: November 25, 2017.