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Ibad Bayramov, son of detained dissident Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, standing in front of the Azerbaijani embassy in London where he delivered a letter by some 160 scholars demanding his father's release

Azerbaijan using COP29 to jail rights defenders, says son of detained dissident

Azerbaijan has been further emboldened to crack down on opposition since hosting the UN climate summit COP29, says the son of a dissident under house arrest.

Speaking to EUobserver on Wednesday (20 November) Ibad Bayramov says the country has more than tripled the number of political prisoners since Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, was announced as the

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Ibad Bayramov, son of detained dissident Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, standing in front of the Azerbaijani embassy in London where he delivered a letter by some 160 scholars demanding his father's release

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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