[4][5] Afraid of being arrested during a crackdown of journalists in August 2014, Huseynov escaped Azerbaijan to Turkey but was detained at the border.

[6][2][7] Several international organization expressed their condemnation and concern over Emin Huseynov's case including International Media Support,[8] Council of Europe,[9] International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX),[10] Article 19,[5] Civil Rights Defenders,[11] Human Rights House Foundation,[12] Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe,[13] Committee to Protect Journalists,[14] and others.

An OSCE representative, Dunja Mijatović, stated:[15] "The attempts to raid the IRFS office, intimidation of Emin Huseynov’s family and the imposed travel ban are further proof of a wide-scale deterioration of the media freedom situation in Azerbaijan that includes targeted persecution of independent journalists, freedom of expression advocates and bloggers.

I once again call on the authorities to stop the continued persecution of media and free voices in the country.

Making a commitment to the protection of Emin’s rights now would be an important signal to Azerbaijan’s government that the world is not deceived by the glitz of international sporting competitions.”A support initiative for Emin Huseynov is launched by the Courage Foundation.

The initiative is tasked to help support Emin Huseynov and to collect donations and funds to help him with his legal case.