Platform campaigner Emma Hughes was detained at Baku airport on her way to cover the 2015 European Games, which runs from 12-28 June. The country has seen a crack down on people critical to the government, including activists and journalists in the lead up to the event and Azerbaijan now has over 100 political prisoners.

I wrote for the Transition Free Press blog about Platform’s work and the links between activism, oil and the European Games.

Read the full post here on TFP.