Day: December 8, 2024

1. Why are thousands of Georgians protesting day after day?  DW (English)
2. Police in Georgia turn increasingly brutal as mass protests over ending EU talks enter second week  The Associated Press
3. Opinion | The Georgia Protests Are Fueled by Fury  The New York Times
4. Fireworks light up pro-EU protests in Georgia  Reuters
5. 48 detained in crackdown on pro-EU protests in Georgia  POLITICO Europe
6. Four Scenarios for the Protests in Georgia  Foreign Policy
7. Thousands of pro-EU protesters march on Georgia parliament  Le Monde
8. Georgian PM vows to ‘eradicate liberal fascism’ amid crackdown on pro-EU protests  FRANCE 24 English
9. Pro-EU membership rallies across Georgia enter second week  Euronews

1. Why are thousands of Georgians protesting day after day?  DW (English)
2. Four Scenarios for the Protests in Georgia  Foreign Policy
3. Opinion | The Georgia Protests Are Fueled by Fury  The New York Times
4. Georgian protesters detail brutal beatings by special forces  CNN
5. Fireworks light up pro-EU protests in Georgia  Reuters
6. 48 detained in crackdown on pro-EU protests in Georgia  POLITICO Europe
7. Police in Georgia turn increasingly brutal as mass protests over ending EU talks enter second week  The Associated Press
8. Thousands of pro-EU protesters march on Georgia parliament  Le Monde
9. Georgians vow to continue pro-EU protests ‘until victory’  Euronews

Third parties mustn’t harm peace negotiations with Azerbaijan by arming Armenia – MP  Trend News Agency

World community recognizes Azerbaijan, Türkiye as strong nations – deputy parliament chair  Trend News Agency

Azerbaijan’s Garadagh district executive power set to purchase IT equipment via tender  Trend News Agency

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and fled from the capital city of Damascus to an unknown location, Syria TV reported, citing unnamed sources, Azernews reports.

Azerbaijan-Pakistan inter-parliamentary friendship groups exchange views  AzerNews.Az

Kamaluddin Gafarov, head of the Milli Majlis’ working group on inter-parliamentary relations with Pakistan, met with Sardar Ammar Ahmed Khan Leghari, a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

On Friday, 6 December 2024, beginning around 1pm Baku local time, our newsroom lost contact with a number of individuals, some of whom who collaborate with Meydan TV.

While trying to reestablish contact, we learned that these individuals are currently being held at the Baku City Police Department. They are the following:

Khayala Agayeva / Xəyalə Ağayeva
Aytaj Ahmadova (Tapdig) / Aytac Əhmədova (Tapdıq)
Aynur Ganbarova (Elgunesh) / Aynur Qənbərova (Elgünəş)
Ramin Jabrayilzade (Deko) (independent journalist) / Ramin Cəbrayılzadə
Natig Javadli / Natiq Cavadlı
Aysel Umudova

The homes of some of the journalists named above were searched, and personal equipment and some of their belongings were seized.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ramin Jabrailzade (Deko) was detained based on information received regarding the illegal import of foreign currency into the country. In addition, several individuals were detained as part of the investigation. Ramin Deko works as an independent journalist and reporter.

We as the management of Meydan TV, firmly state that the detention and interrogation of our journalists is illegal, and we refute all accusations.

Since the day we started our activities over a decade ago, our brave journalists have been arrested, and they and their families have been subjected to persecution. Journalists who cooperate with us have been illegally banned from leaving the country, and have been surveilled by Pegasus spyware, among other forms of pressure.

Our website has been officially banned within the country’s borders since 2017, and Oor social media channels have repeatedly been subjected to cyberattacks.

Despite these attempts to silence us, we at Meydan TV have continued our work as journalists, publicized the events taking place in the country and the problems of ordinary citizens, and have done this all free of censorship.

Our goal has always been to be an independent and alternative media organization in Azerbaijan, informing our audience daily. The pressures and accusations against us since our establishment are groundless, and these novel attacks will neither silence us nor stop our work.

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