The family of a UK-based Azerbaijani academic and democracy advocate is calling for his release from an Azerbaijani prison after he was detained on “spurious” charges while visiting relatives.
Gubad Ibadoghlu, a senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE) since 2021, was arrested in Azerbaijan for allegedly possessing religious extremist material on 23 July – a charge that he denies.
Ibadoghlu’s son, Ibad Bayramov, has told openDemocracy that his father’s health is rapidly “declining” while in prison and that he is being denied access to medical care despite a serious pre-existing heart condition.
