{"id":169102,"date":"2015-07-28T12:45:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T12:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/emin-millis-brother-in-law-arrested\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:28:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:28:54","slug":"emin-millis-brother-in-law-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/emin-millis-brother-in-law-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Emin Milli\u2019s brother-in-law arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/30144\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30144\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/30144\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30144\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  Azerbaijani authorities arrested a brother-in-law of Emin Milli, the Executive Director of Meydan TV, on July 23, 2015 on charges of selling drugs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On his<br \/>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/emin.milli.3\/posts\/795862850533139\"><br \/>\n        Facebook<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b><br \/>\n  page, Milli wrote the following:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <i><br \/>\n    President Ilham Aliyev arrests brother of my wife. Time to act against Aliyevs.<br \/>\n  <\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <i><br \/>\n    The brother of my wife, Nazim Aghabayov (IT expert) is arrested and may end up spending up to 12 years in jail. He is charged with absurd and bogus accusations of selling drugs. It is wide spread practice of Aliyev-terror-regime by now. They are punishing the relatives, family members and take them as hostages.<br \/>\n  <\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Milli noted that his relative\u2019s arrest came a few weeks after Milli received<br \/>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2015\/07\/08\/azerbaijan-s-dictator-wants-me-dead.html\"><br \/>\n        threats<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b><br \/>\n  from Azerbaijani Youth and Sports Minister Azad Rahimov. Immediately afterward, four employees of Meydan TV were banned from leaving Azerbaijan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The executive director of Meydan TV, an independent Berlin-based news platform, however, vowed that the arrest would not affect his professional activities. \u201cMy father died while I was in jail. I spent 16 months in jail myself. My friends, journalists and human rights defenders could end up spending up to 19 years in jail. I had to endure many other threats personally and make many sacrifices that I have never talked about in public,\u201d Milli\u2019s Facebook post read.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Persecution of vocal anti-government activists\u2019 relatives is common in Azerbaijan, where the government often employs charges of drug possession to stifle dissent, according to<br \/>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      <a href=\"\/en\/article\/breaking-point-in-azerbaijan-a-new-report-paints-a-bleak-picture-of-human-rights\/\"><br \/>\n        rights groups<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b><br \/>\n  .\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On July 20, 2015, Rufat Zahidov, a nephew of opposition journalist<br \/>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      <a href=\"\/en\/article\/azerbaijani-authorities-persecute-relatives-of-azadlig-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        Ganimat Zahidov<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b><br \/>\n  , was arrested in Baku and taken into custody for drug possession. Rufat could face up to 12 years in prison.\u00a0Police also arrested Zahidov\u2019s cousin Rovshan, who was sentenced to 25 days in administrative detention, and nephew Tural, who was sentenced to 30 days in administrative detention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azerbaijani authorities arrested a brother-in-law of Emin Milli, the Executive Director of Meydan TV, on July 23, 2015 on &#8220;absurd and bogus&#8221; charges of selling drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":30144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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