According to the information received recently, my husband, Afgan Sadigov, has been detained by the police, - the wife of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov, Sevinch Sadigova, writes on social networks.

According to Sadigova, at the moment it is not known to her where Afgan Sadigov was taken.

“Yesterday, his deportation from Georgia to Azerbaijan was carried out, apparently, by a politically motivated order,” - Sadigova wrote.

For information, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs administratively detained Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov on April 5. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was detained for insulting a police officer on social networks. On the same day, he was fined 2,000 GEL, expelled from Georgia and banned from entering the country for 3 years. In addition, according to lawyer Tamta Mikeladze, director of the Center for Social Justice, Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov was in Baku yesterday at his relatives’ house.