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    Azerbaijan international footballer Javid Huseynov arrested over journalist's murder



      
     Azerbaijan on Tuesday arrested the footballer Javid Huseynov, the captain of the Gabala club, over the death of Rasim Aliyev, journalist and rights activist who has been criticising the player on Facebook.

    Huseynov and his cousin were arrested on suspicion of covering up a crime, while the others were arrested over the beating. They will be jailed for three months during the ongoing investigation.

    Aliyev, a 30-year-old video journalist who formerly worked for a media rights NGO, died in hospital after being beaten.

    Aliyev had criticised Huseynov on Facebook for waving a Turkish flag after a match with Cypriot team Apollon Limassol on Thursday and for allegedly making an offensive gesture at a journalist.

    Before his death, Aliyev said he received insulting comments to the post and was phoned by a man identifying himself as Huseynov's cousin as well as by the footballer himself.

    Finally Huseynov's cousin had invited him for tea, Aliyev said.

    Rights groups warned that Aliyev's death could be related to his work as a journalist and rights activist in the oil-rich former Soviet state, insisting that the victim had received threats in connection with his online posts about media freedom and human rights

    Azerbaijan on Tuesday arrested the footballer Javid Huseynov, the captain of the Gabala club, over the death of Rasim Aliyev, journalist and rights activist who has been criticising the player on Facebook.

    Huseynov and his cousin were arrested on suspicion of covering up a crime, while the others were arrested over the beating. They will be jailed for three months during the ongoing investigation.

    Aliyev, a 30-year-old video journalist who formerly worked for a media rights NGO, died in hospital after being beaten.

    Aliyev had criticised Huseynov on Facebook for waving a Turkish flag after a match with Cypriot team Apollon Limassol on Thursday and for allegedly making an offensive gesture at a journalist.

    Before his death, Aliyev said he received insulting comments to the post and was phoned by a man identifying himself as Huseynov's cousin as well as by the footballer himself.

    Finally Huseynov's cousin had invited him for tea, Aliyev said.

    Rights groups warned that Aliyev's death could be related to his work as a journalist and rights activist in the oil-rich former Soviet state, insisting that the victim had received threats in connection with his online posts about media freedom and human rights
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