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Aziz Orujov is a journalist and human rights activist.

Work
Since 2008, Orujov has been the director of Kanal 13, an online station that produces programs on social and economic issues that is often critical of authorities.

Arrest and detention
Aziz was arrested on his way to work on May 2nd 2017 and remanded in pre-trial detention under a 30 day administrative detention order for purportedly disobeying a police officer’s legitimate orders.

The charges relate to Aziz being the co-founder of the Caucasus Media Investigations Centre Public Union, an organisation he founded in 2006 with his brother and sister-in-law.

He was released on the April 5, after the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan partially cancelled the verdict of the Baku Court of Appeal against Aziz Orujov. His 3 years prison sentence was replaced by a conditional sentence and Aziz was released.