Azerbaijani ex-political prisoner-journalist reported the possible kidnapping of a colleague in Georgia

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, together with the Georgian shadow leader Bidzina Ivanishvili, organized another crime. Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov was detained at Tbilisi airport. This was reported by Azerbaijani opposition journalist Afgan Mukhtarly.

“The Georgian border police informed Sadigov that he was only allowed to fly to Azerbaijan. From my own experience, I know that the Aliyev government wants to arrest the journalist. At the current stage, they are working to ensure that Sadigov returns to Baku. If Afghan does not return, Ivanishvili’s government will hand him over to Baku in any way. For Ivanishvili, the most important thing is money. They were ready to sell all of Georgia for money,” Mukhtarly shared.

According to him, over the past year the Georgian government kidnapped two Russian activists in Tbilisi and handed them over to Russia. Both were tortured and are currently in prison.

Afgan Sadigov is the editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani media Azel.tv. He has been living in Georgia since December 2023, came for treatment and did not return to Azerbaijan due to threats.

Afgan Mukhtarli himself was kidnapped in Tbilisi in 2017 and handed over to Azerbaijan on the orders of the founder of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. Such testimony was previously given by the arrested former deputy head of the State Security Service of Georgia Soso Gogashvili.

In January 2018, a Baku court sentenced Mukhtarli to six years in prison. Under pressure from the international community, he was released in March 2020.

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