News: PWYP condemns beating of Ilgar Mammadov in Azerbaijan

Publish What You Pay strongly condemns the beating and inhumane treatment of Ilgar Mammadov, member of the Advisory Council of the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI). Mr Mammadov, who remains unlawfully imprisoned following a decision by the European Court of Human Rights, was allegedly beaten by high-level staff in the penitentiary facility on October 16, following a series of intimidations and threats.

The unacceptable violent treatment of Mr Mammadov is part of a wider context of ........