[4] In 2013, Gulaliyev took on leadership of the press-center of opposition candidate from the National Council of Democratic Forces, Jamil Hasanli.

[citation needed] The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe called his case "arbitrary detention and judicial harassment".

[4] Amnesty International designated him a prisoner of conscience, "targeted in response to his work as a human rights defender".

[9] On October 29, 2019 when Ogtay Gulaliyev was crossing a street after anti- torture campaign press-conference he was hit by a car.

[10] His family later tried to file a lawsuit against the doctors treating Gyulalyev for "negligence", but the Azerbaijani prosecutor's office repeatedly refused to open a criminal case against the doctors, hence the family had to file a claim against the actions of the prosecutor's office, which was subsequently dismissed by the court of appeals.