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Rauf Mirgadirov (born 1961) is an Azerbaijani columnist and journalist. He has worked for the Baku based Russian-language newspaper ''Zerkalo''. A believer in "citizen diplomacy" between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Mirgadirov was arrested for allegedly spying for Armenia and has been detained since April 2014. ==Life and career== Rauf Mirgadirov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1961. Mirgadirov studied journalism at Azerbaijan State University and graduated from there. After graduation he worked in the publishing house "Azerneshr." Rauf Mirgadirov was part of the newspaper "Azadlig" (Freedom) in its initial years. In December 1989, he was in Jalilabad region during clashes between internal forces and the local population. Since 1991, he engaged in journalism and worked in the newspaper "Ayna-Zerkalo" ("Ayna" being the Azerbaijani version of the newspaper). The state of emergency Rauf Mirgadirov and a group of other journalists produced newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our way). Thereafter, since the mid-1990s, Mirgadirov worked at the "Shargh" news agency. He was then deputy editor of the magazine "Monitor" and edited the opposition newspaper "Azerbaijan Democrática". He also became the chief editor of "Millet" newspaper.〔 Since the beginning of the 2000s, Rauf Mirgadirov worked in the newspaper "Zerkalo". Since 2010 he lived in Turkey with his family working as correspondent. Rauf Mirgadirov has participated in various international conferences on the issues and settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.〔 A believer in "citizen diplomacy" between the two countries, Mirgadirov visited Armenia several times. While in Armenia, Mirgadirov, a member of Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), held meetings with Armenian NGOs. In 2005, Mirgadirov was awarded the title "Honored Journalist of Azerbaijan" by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.〔 In 2008, Rauf Mirgadirov was awarded the "Free Press of Eastern Europe" international prize of Gerd Bucerius in 2008 for achievements in the development of independent media.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rauf Mirgadirov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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