Thank to joint efforts of the “Reporters without Borders”, Human Rights Watch, and the Turkish Human Rights (Insan Hakları Derneği), a wife and two children of the detained journalist Rauf Mirkadirov received temporary shelter in one of the European countries.
Prior to deportation of Rauf in Baku (on April 18) Turkish authorities deprived him of his journalistic accreditation, and his wife was deprived the right to work; she was also denied a visa extension and was demanded to leave the country.
June 16 was the deadline, and on that day the family managed to leave Turkey. But departure was not easy: for unclear reasons, the family was detained at passport control at the Istanbul airport, and they missed the plane.
Bakudaily.az
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