Gubad Ibadoghlu

Gubad Ibadoghlu, also spelled Gubad Ibadoglu, (; born 12 September 1971) is an Azerbaijani anti-corruption advocate, a scholar, a critic of oil and gas industry, and a prominent human rights and environmental defender, who from 2021 has been a research fellow at the London School of Economics. He was supposed to start a new teaching position at TU Dresden in 2023. However, on July 23, 2023 he was arrested in Azerbaijan and remains under investigation. The international community has condemned his arrest as arbitrary and politically motivated. Greens–European Free Alliance nominated Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu for the Sakharov Prize in September 2024.

On April 22, 2024 Gubad Ibadoghlu was transferred to house arrest. The medical examination revealed that his aorta root has expanded to the point where he needs immediate surgery. TU Dresden published a statement urging the Azerbaijani government to allow him to travel to Germany to start his work there.

European Court of Human Rights has implemented interim measures using the Rule 39 of the court due to his health condition being critical and has given his cases a priority under Article 41. The court ruled that Gubad Ibadoghlu is in urgent need of medical care and hospitalization. Provided by Wikipedia