Chingiz Fuad oghlu Mustafayev (Azerbaijani: Çingiz Fuad oğlu Mustafayev, Чинҝиз Фуад оғлу Мустафајев, [t͡ʃiŋˈɟis fuˈɑt ɔˈɣlu mustɑˈfɑjɪf]; August 29, 1960 – June 15, 1992) was an independent Azerbaijani journalist, posthumously bestowed the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan.
[1] Mustafayev, with the medical degree and no formal background in journalism save for a year of on the job training, created a video record of the early stages of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, most of the documentary had to be shot from the frontline which ultimately was the cause of his abrupt death due to mortar wounds.
[6] His video film showing hundreds of dead bodies strewn across snow-covered fields of Khojaly served as evidence to the massacre.
[10] ANS CM 102 FM the first Radio Broadcasting Company in the Caucasus whose motto was "We are fated to struggle" has renamed the station in his honor.
[11] Azerbaijani radio station ANS CM 102 FM also renamed after him and carries his slogan Döyüş alnımıza yazılıb (The war is written on our foreheads).