Fatima Movlamli

Fatima Movlamli is an Azerbaijani political activist and freelance journalist who worked with various independent media outlets like Jam News, Mikroskop Media, and Meydan TV. In the past, she conducted solo protests against President Ilham Aliyev's regime, for which the government has repeatedly targeted her. The harassment included her 2018 kidnapping for five days allegedly by state security services, leaking of her private life photos and videos, hacking of her Facebook account in 2020, and the re-sharing of her private videos in a Telegram group in 2021, alongside similar content targeting other female activists. Independent investigations have also shown that she was a target of Pegasus spyware in early 2019.

On February 28, 2025, Movlamli was arrested under smuggling charges in connection with the Meydan TV case. Reportedly, authorities raided her home, and during the search, seized €2,000 and the phones of both Movlamli and her sister. In their statement, her family denied that the confiscated money belonged to Movlamli.  

On March 1, 2025, the Khatai District Court ordered Movlamli to be kept in pre-trail detention for one month and nine days.