Free Bahruz Samadov

International Academic Community Calls for the Release of Young Azerbaijani Scholar Bahruz Samadov

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With this letter, we, the undersigned, want to express our deepest concern about the arrest, pre-trial detention and accusation of treason of Bahruz Samadov in Azerbaijan and demand his immediate release.

Bahruz Samadov is a doctoral student at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University in Prague. On 21 August 2024, when he was visiting Baku, Samadov was detained by Azerbaijan’s State Security Service. On 23 August 2024, it became known that he had been charged with 'high treason' and that he would remain imprisoned during (at least) a 4-month pre-trial detention. Based on the limited information available, the accusations appear to be directly related to Samadov's research and advocacy interests in peace in the South Caucasus and his meetings with Armenian counterparts at civil society and academic fora.

We are deeply concerned by Samadov’s detention, and by the accusation of treason. We understand this as an attempt to stifle the ongoing peace-building efforts in the South Caucasus, and to silence critical voices that oppose violence and war. We find this unacceptable and at odds with the government’s discourse about progress towards peace.

We are equally concerned about the recent upsurge in arrests and prosecutions of other researchers, activists and journalists in Azerbaijan. We join the call of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and of PEN America to release the 23 journalists and media workers unjustly imprisoned in Azerbaijan in the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference (or COP29), as well as academic researchers and peace activists such as Bahruz Samadov.

With this letter we call on the government of Azerbaijan to immediately release Bahruz Samadov and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan from detention and to respect their human rights.

We call on the Czech Republic, where Bahruz Samadov resides and works, the European Union, and other countries in Europe and beyond, to make strong and immediate efforts towards the release of Bahruz Samadov and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan.

We call on Charles University to closely monitor the situation with Bahruz Samadov and provide him with necessary support.

We call on the COP29 International Advisory Committee, but also all COP29 participants (in particular researchers), to keep the detention of Bahruz Samadov and other imprisoned Azerbaijani researchers, activists and journalists on the agenda when visiting Baku in November 2024.

Signatories (to sign click here)

Institutions

Populism Specialist Group (Political Studies Association)

Centre for the Study of Democracy, Signification and Resistance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

ECHO - Media, Culture and Politics Research Group (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Centre on Ideology & Discourse Analysis (CIDA), University of Essex

Individuals

1. Benjamin De Cleen, associate professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

2. Kirill Filimonov, postdoctoral researcher, Uppsala University

3. Giorgos Venizelos, CEU Democracy Institute

4. Nico Carpentier

5. Altay Goyushov, Baku Research Institute

6. Aude Merlin, Université Libre de Bruxelles

7. Laurence Broers, associate fellow, Russia & Eurasia Programme, Chatham House

8. Anita Khachaturova, doctoral candidate, Cevipol/ULB

9. Naira Sahakyan, Assistant Professor, American University of Armenia

10. Vicken Cheterian, University of Geneva

11. Janos Kis, Senior CEU Fellow, Democracy Institute

12. Laura Luciani, Postdoctoral researcher, Ghent University

13. Dirk Geldof, University of Antwerp, Belgium

14. Coline Maestracci, Université libre de Bruxelles

15. Veronika Pfeilschifter, FSU Jena/ZOiS Berlin

16. Derya Yüksek, CULCORC, Charles University

17. Huguette Viala, membre de AFR

18. Taline Papazian, Sciences Po

19. Pr Marie-Pierre REY, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

20. Liliya Dyachenko, Sorbonne University

21. Francesco Radicioli-Chini, Université de Strasbourg

22. Ekaterina Gloriozova, Université libre de Bruxelles

23. Caroline Gatsi, Student

24. Valérie Pozner, CNRS (Thalim)

25. Eric Aunoble, Senior Lecturer, University of Geneva

26. Kristyna Koprivova, Charles University

27. Yéléna Mac-Glandières, Institut Français de Géopolitique, Université Paris 8

28. Yves Cohen, EHESS (France)

29. Kirill Polkov, Postdoctoral research fellow, Södertörn University (Sweden)

30. Longuet Marx, CETOBAC Paris (France)

31. Eric Naiman, university of california, berkeley

32. Anna Ohanyan, Stonehill College

33. Sean Phelan, Massey University

34. Gaëlle Le Pavic, Ghent University - United Nations University

35. Andreas Eder-Ramsauer, University of Vienna

36. Olivier Jutel, University of Otago

37. Julius Schneider, University of Essex

38. Louise Amoris, UGent

39. Craig Love, University of Essex International College

40. Max Soar, Victoria University of Wellington

41. Millie Light, Nottingham Trent University

42. Alix Debray, Ghent University

43. Séagh Kehoe, University of Westminster

44. Tony Carusi, Massey University

45. Marc Elie, CNRS

46. Anne Le Huérou, Assistant professor

47. Katy Brown, Maynooth University

48. Daniel Tsui, University of York

49. Briar Dickey, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

50. Weyembergh Anne, ULB

51. Marina Fedorovsky, Université de Genève

52. Martin Deleixhe, Université Libre de Bruxelles

53. Jason Glynos, University of Essex

54. Turkay Gasimova, European University Institute

55. Gabrielle Chomentowski, Centre d'histoire sociale des mondes contemporains

56. Vladimir Bortun, University of Oxford

57. Laurent Coumel, CREE, INALCO (France)

58. Panos Panayotu, Aarhus University

59. Françoise Daucé, CERCEC / EHESS

60. Andreas Heinrich, University of Bremen, Germany

61. MgA. Sofiia Sorokina, Artist, researcher, musician

62. Sandro Makhatadze, Acquaintance

63. Evelyn Jeong, University of Trento, Italy

64. Erin Jenne, Central European University

65. Ayan Das, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Gour Banga, West Bengal

66. Zhanna Vedmid

67. Bela Greskovits, Professor Emeritus

68. Istvan Perczel, Professor, Central European University, Department of Historical Studies

69. Zsolt Körtvélyesi, CEU IR

70. Zsolt Enyedi, CEU

71. Reid Kleinberg, University of Essex

72. Lone Sorensen, University of Leeds

73. Thomas Fetzer, Central European University

74. Xymena Kurowska, Central European University

75. Lazaros Karavasilis, University of Bremen

76. Sebastian Ronderos, Getulio Vargas Foundation

77. Gijs Lambrechts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

78. Thomas Jacobs, UCLouvain

79. Fatima Zahid Ali, Vrije Universiteit Brussels

80. Stéphanie Cirac, CNRS

81. Jana Goyvaerts, VUB

82. Anar Koli, Soka University, Tokyo

83. Anna Luo, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

84. Daniel Kashnitsky, Paris Cité University

85. Yazan Badran, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

86. Bernadett Sebály, CEU Democracy Institute

87. Pierre-Guillaume Méon, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

88. László Csaba, Fellow, Academia Europaea/London

89. Damian Guzek, University of Silesia in Katowice

90. Wladimir Yagello, Prêtre orthodoxe

91. Sossi Tatikyan, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

92. Valeriane Mistiaen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

93. Alexander Mutnansky, Birkbeck College, University of London

94. Javid Asadov, PhD Candidate, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin

95. Andres Laiapea, masters student, University of Tartu

96. Anahit Kartashyan, PhD candidate

97. Dora Matejak, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana

98. Vanessa Voisin, Università di Bologna

99. David Alan Rich, Catholic University of America

100. Erica Capecchi, University of Bristol

101. Rigmor Djernaes, Student

102. Doris Manu, College of Europe

103. Irina Tcherneva, CNRS

104. Esther Korman, College of Europe

105. Mark Soler, European University Institute

106. Anush Petrosyan, Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI)

107.Jacques Vallin,Directeur de recherche émérite, Institut national d'études démographiques

108. Victoria Abrahamyan, University of Geneva

109. Beata Bienkowska, London School of Economics

110. Sebastián Gerardo, College of Europe

111. Edina Dóci, Université catholique de Louvain

112. Marie Tuley, University of Sussex

113. Evelyne Enderlein, Université Strasbourg

114. Cédric Pernette, Sorbonne Université

115. Pedro Camelo, PhD student at Uppsala University

116. Anna Kwiatkiewicz, EU expert in social affairs

117. Oleksandr Ruzevych, College of Europe

118. Vadim Romashov, University of Eastern Finland

119. Léonie de Jonge, University of Groningen

120. Jonathan Collons, Charles University

121. Uladzimir Valodzin, European University Institute, PhD candidate

122. Thomás Zicman de Barros, University of Minho & Sciences Po Paris

123. Igor Vobič, University of Ljubljana

124. Aurelien Mondon, University of Bath

125. Kamal Kariem, Williams College

126. Andreas Schedler, CEU Democracy Institute

127. Nicolaas P. Barr, University of Washington, Seattle

128. Rosemary Overell, The University of Otago

129. Lydie Denis, UCLouvain Saint-Louis

130. Pierre-Etienne Vandamme, KU Leuven

131. Dr. Pytrik Schafraad, Tilburg University (NED)

132. Chris Hanretty, Royal Holloway, University of London

133. Saskia Bonjour, University of Amsterdam

134. Magdalena Breyer, University of Basel

135. Rémi Wagenheim, College of Europe alumnus

136. Maximilian Grönegräs, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

137. Lucie Hunter, Scuola Normale Superiore

138. Larissa Daria Meier, Bielefeld University

139. Jacopo Custodi, Scuola Normale Superiore

140. Jannis Grimm, Freie Universität Berlin

141. Chares Demetriou, Lund University (Sweden)

142. Kai Arzheimer, University of Mainz, Germany

143. Diego Ceccobelli, University of Milan

144. Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni, Leiden University

145. Nadezda Shchinova, Université catholique de Louvain

146. Rodolphe Baudin, Sorbonne University

147. Marco de Baar, NWO DIFFER

148. Lisa Janssen, Ghent University

149. Frederic Long, N/A

150. Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

151. Théo Aiolfi, University of Burgundy

152. Alexander Morrison, New College, Oxford and Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre

153. Linda Bos, University of Amsterdam

154. Juan Roch, Postdoctoral researcher at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

155. Prof. Dr. Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

156. Geoffrey Pleyers, FNRS - University of Louvain, Belgium

157. Luca Schollaert, College of Europe

158. Georg Plattner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

159. Pascal Gielen, Antwerp University

160. Elmar Valizada, N/A

161. Laure Delcour, Sorbonne Nouvelle

162. Tim Peace, University of Glasgow

163. Michael T. Heaney, University of Glasgow

164. Diarmaid Kelliher, University of Glasgow

165. David Featherstone, University of Glasgow

166. Manelle Lepoix, Student

167. Claire Mouradian, CNRS

168. Eviya Hovhannisyan, Social Anthropologist

169. Rhys Machold, University of Glasgow

170. Silvia Serrano, Sorbonne University

171. Mazlum Kemal Dağdelen, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

172. Violetta Zentai, Central European University

173. Milena Sudolowicz, CoE

174. Giuseppe Ballacci, University of Minho

175. Thiago Monteiro de Souza, University of Minho

176. João Rosas, University of Minho

177. Ines Zampaglione, CEPS, University of Minho

178. Lena Marinova, University of Minho

179. Vaia Doudaki, Desire member

180. John Downey, Loughborough University, President ECREA

181. Jelena Kleut, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Serbia

182. Norbert Šinković, Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad

183. Dragana Prodanović, University of Novi Sad

184. Volker Grassmuck, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut, Hamburg

185. Nevena Jevtić, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

186. Professor Graham Murdock, Loughborough University

187. Smiljana Milinkov, Associate Professor, University of Novi Sad

188. José Gomes Pinto, Lusofona University - Lisbon

189. Uwe Hasebrink, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut, Hamburg

190. Simone Tosoni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano

191. Usha Raman, University of Hyderabad, India

192. Joke Hermes, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

193. Michele Sorice, Sapienza University of Rome

194. Christian Ruggiero, Sapienza University of Rome

195. Boccia Artieri Giovanni, University of Urbino Carlo Bo

196. Andrea Volterrani, University of Rome Tor Vergata

197. Josef Seethaler, Austrian Academy of Sciences

198. Dimitra Milioni, Associate Professor, Cyprus University of Technology

199. Stelios Papathanassopoulos, University of Athens

200. Helmut Peissl, COMMIT - Vienna

201. Theodoros Kouros, Cyprus University of Technology

202. Hannu Nieminen, University of Helsinki, Finland

203. Dionysis Panos, Cyprus University of Technology

204. Ali Dokumaci, Charles University

205. Barbara Thomass, Ruhr-University of Bochum

206. Maria Bakardjieva, University of Calgary, Canada

207. Gregory Paschalidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

208. Stefan Janjić, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad

209. Donald Matheson, University of Canterbury

210. Peter Thompson, Victoria University of Wellington

211. Conan Young, University of Canterbury, NZ, Journalism Course Co-ordinator

212. Gerard Goggin, Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

213. Dr. Emma Briant, Monash University

214. Johan Lidberg, Monash University

215. Bridget Backhaus, Senior Lecturer, Griffith University

216. Andrew Dodd, Director, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne

217. Erin Harrington, University of Canterbury

218. Katherine Roff, University of Adelaide

219. Dr. Greg Treadwell, Auckland University of Technology

220. Jock Cheetham, Charles Sturt University

221. Alexandra Wake, RMIT University

222. Florence Fröhlig, Researcher

223. Dr. Amanda Watson, Australian National University

224. Adjunct Professor Kerry Green, University of South Australia

225. Andrea Medrado, University of Exeter

226. Julherme José Pires, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

227. Adilson Vaz Cabral Filho, Fluminense Federal University

228. Karen Santos, Fluminense Federal University

229. Leonardo Firmino, IPSE

230. Luiza Lusvarghi, Unicamp

231. Lucas Martins Néia, University of São Paulo, Brazil

232. Gazal Shekhawat, PhD Researcher, London School of Economics

233. Simone do Vale, PhD in Communication

234. Marcos Palacios, Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil)

235. Beatriz Polivanov, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil)

236. Karina Moritzen, Universität Oldenburg

237. Michael Adorjan, University of Calgary

238. Vanessa Curvello, UFRGS

239. Denise Tavares da Silva, Universidade Federal Fluminense - Brasil

240. Iago Porfírio, UAM, México

241. Laura Guimarães Corrêa, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

242. Jonas Valente, Oxford Internet Institute

243. Tarcízio Macedo, Fluminense Federal University

244. Enrique Amayo Zevallos, Retired Professor

245. Irina Safaryan, Artsakh State University

246. Leo Zawadzki, University of Westminster

247. Alessandro Felippe, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil

248. Isabella Rega, Bournemouth University

249. Pedro Henrique Conceição dos Santos, Universidade Federal Fluminense

250. Dr. April-Rose Geers, Independent

251. Dr. Louise Matthews, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

252. Andrea Mansoorian, Bright Garden Voices

253. Yiannis Christidis, Cyprus University of Technology

254. Mihalis Golias, Cyprus University of Technology

255. Venetia Papa, Assistant Professor, Cyprus University of Technology

256. Emily Kouzaridi, Cyprus University of Technology

257. Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Cyprus University of Technology

258. Panos Kompatsiaris, IULM

259. Thalis Zis, Cyprus University of Technology

260. Elizaveta Arkhipova, Charles University

261. Maria José Brites, ULusofona

262. Daniel Velasco Leão, UFSC

263. Jeffrey Wimmer, University of Augsburg, Germany

264. Katharina Schöppl, University of Bremen

265. Omran Shroufi, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

266. Costas Costa, Professor, Cyprus University of Technology

267. Graciene Silva de Siqueira, Universidade Federal do Amazonas

268. Tom Jacobson, Temple University (retired)

269. Antonis Galanopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

270. Desislava Dankova, New Bulgarian University

271. Maren Hartmann, Professor, Berlin University of the Arts

272. Elizabeth Bastos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

273. Gerry Sussman, Portland State University

274. Dr. Anthony Löwstedt, Webster Vienna Private University

275. Guy Hoskins, Toronto Metropolitan University

276. Abiodun Salawu, North-West University, South Africa

277. Paula Stehr, LMU Munich/University of Augsburg

278. Sarah Cardey, University of Reading

279. Panayiota Tsatsou, blank

280. Moritz Schweiger, Communication Scholar at University of Augsburg

281. Fabia Ioscote, Federal University of Paraná

282. Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith, Massey University

283. Ulises A. Mejias, State University of New York at Oswego

284. Mirella Lopes de Aquino, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

285. Julija Jerneva, PhD Candidate

286. Roy Krøvel, Oslo Metropolitan University

287. Ma. del Carmen Rico Menge, Université du Québec à Montréal

288. Julia Pohle, WZB Berlin Social Science Center

289. Afshin Matin-asgari, History Professor, California State University, Los Angeles

290. Ole Johnny Fossås, Stockholm University

291. Maria Avraamidou, Erasmus University Rotterdam

292. Irini Katsirea, University of Sheffield

293. Teemu Oivo, University of Eastern Finland

294. Delia Dumitrica, Erasmus University Rotterdam

295. Natalie-Anne Hall, Cardiff University

296. Jerome Bourdon, Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University

297. Ani Sukiasyan, Charles University, PhD Student

298. Terezia Roncakova, Professor at Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Slovakia

299. João Cruz Ribeiro, University of Minho

300. Naíde Feijó Müller Cajado Caldeira, Catholic University of Portugal

301. Eduardo Antunes, University of Coimbra

302. Fatma Elzahraa Elsayed, Professor

303. Raya Khachatryan, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

304. Sara Cannizzaro, University of Sheffield

305. Benoit Cordelier, UQAM

306. Kateryna Kasianenko, Queensland University of Technology

307. Štěpán Šanda, Charles University

308. Sanna Ryynänen, University of Jyväskylä

309. Sunah Lee, Florida State University

310. Valentina Baú, Western Sydney University

311. Pantelis Vatikiotis, Panteion University

312. Levente Littvay, CEU Democracy Institute

313. Valerie Cooper, Victoria University of Wellington

314. Isaac Lyne, Western Sydney University

315. Tanya Notley, Western Sydney University

316. Professor Ien Ang, Western Sydney University

317. Rachel Daniels, Auckland University of Technology

318. Tim Rowse, Western Sydney University

319. Anuja Premika, University of Hyderabad

320. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science

321. Aniruddha Jena, IIM Kashipur, India

322. Natalia Márquez-Bustos, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

323. Michal Glowacki, University of Warsaw

324. Beatrice Teissier, Oxford University

325. Paula Nitschke, University of Augsburg

326. Przemysław Kantorski, University of Silesia in Katowice

327. Michał Rams-Ługowski, University of Silesia in Katowice

328. Andreas Hepp, ZeMKI, University of Bremen

329. Andrew Ó Baoill, University of Galway

330. Nikhil Reddy Kondam, Ohio University

331. Bonita Mason, University of South Australia

332. Markus Behmer, Universität Bamberg, Germany

333. L Derksen, Applied University of Leeuwarden

334. Hartmut Wessler, University of Mannheim

335. Pedro Vieira de Carvalho, UERJ (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)

336. Elena Sotelo-Prol, University of Leeds

337. Giuliana Sorce, University of Tübingen

338. Čedomir Markov, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade

339. Darian Harff, University of Vienna

340. Lucie Cejkova, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University

341. Anat Ascher, The Open University of Israel

342. Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska, University of Wrocław

343. Janne Nielsen, Aarhus University

344. Uwe Krüger, Leipzig University

345. Natascha Hetzel, University of Hohenheim

346. Carla Cerqueira, Associate Professor, Lusófona University, CICANT

347. Jose Paulo Oliveira, Lusófona University

348. Daniel Cardoso, Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

349. Jeanne Waltz, Universidade Lusófona

350. Carla Rodrigues Cardoso, Lusófona University

351. Susan Zachariah, Universidade Lusófona

352. Rita Grácio, Lusófona University

353. Paulo Viveiros, Universidade Lusófona

354. Nuno Miguel Cruz Silva, Universidade Lusófona

355. Marta Sousa, Universidade Lusófona

356. Sónia Lamy, Lusófona University

357. Sheila Khan, Lusófona University

358. Lucia Mesquita, Lusófona University

359. Ana Sofia Torres Pereira, CICANT

360. Tatiana Chervyakova, Universidade Lusófona

361. Beth Walker, PhD Student, Universidade Lusófona

362. Adriana Sá, CICANT/ Lusófona University

363. Catarina Rito, Lusófona University

364. Carla Sousa, Lusófona University, CICANT (Portugal)

365. Joana Bicacro, Universidade Lusófona (Lisboa)

366. Natália L. A., Universidade Lusófona

367. Teresa Maia e Carmo, Universidade Lusófona

368. Conceicao Costa, Universidade Lusófona

369. Mafalda Roma, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa

370. Diaa Lagan, IADT

371. Margarida Santos, Lusófona University

372. Jacopo Wassermann, Universidade Lusófona

373. Teresa Sofia Pereira Dias de Castro, Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

374. Agnes Vilseki, Lusófona University

375. Amanda Cei, Lusófona University

376. Vitor Cei, UFES, Brazil

377. Karolína Šimková, Charles University

378. Diogo Vasconcelos, Universidade Lusófona

379. Ilo Alexandre, Universidade Lusófona

380. Lurdes Macedo, Lusófona University

381. Ana Cristina Ribeiro Pereira, University of Minho, Portugal

382. Louise Schulmann, Auburn University

383. Anabela Carvalho, University of Minho

384. Ana Cristina Suzina, Loughborough University London

385. P. Syperek, Loughborough University

386. Chiara Muzzi, Loughborough University London

387. Cristian Vaccari, University of Edinburgh

388. Claudia Magallanes, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla

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