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Country: Azerbaijan
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Period / Date: 18/04/2012
Subject: Alleged violent attack on journalists. According to the information received, on 18 April 2012, Mr. Idrak Abbasov, an Azerbaijani journalist and reporter of the newspaper Zerkalo and of the Institute of Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS), was attacked and beaten by security service staff of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), while he was filming the confrontation between the residents of Sulutepe settlement in Baku and the security staff of SOCAR, who were demolishing homes in the area to develop oil resources. As a consequence of the attack, he was reportedly taken to hospital unconscious with serious traumas. Reportedly, Mr. Adalat Abbasov, brother of Mr. Idrak Abbasov, and Ms Gunay Musayeva, a journalist of the daily Yeni Musavat, were also subjected to violent attacks by the same group of men. Mr. Idrak Abbasov, was the subject of an earlier communication (see E/CN.4/2006/55/Add.1, para 26).
Number of identified alleged victims: 3

First name last name	age	sex	affiliation
Adalat Abbasov	unknown	male	No affiliation
Gunay Musayeva	unknown	female	No affiliation
Idrak Abbasov	unknown	male	No affiliation

Total number of unidentified alleged victims: -

Status or occupation	Number and gender

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Total number of alleged victims: 3
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Previous communications: AZE 4/2005
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