Azerbaijan detains renowned rights activist
Government seizes Leyla Yunus’ passport while she was trying to attend a human rights conference in Brussels.
Published On 30 Apr 2014
Azerbaijan has detained the country’s most celebrated human rights campaigner, Leyla Yunus.
She was attempting to travel to Brussels to attend a human rights conference, but was taken away for questioning and had her passport seized.
Al Jazeera’s Robin Forestier-Walker reports from neighbouring Georgia.