Azerbaijan's opposition leader Ali Karimli faces trial for an alleged coup attempt, which he calls fabricated and politically motivated. Speaking from prison, Karimli warned he is at risk of assassination.

Azerbaijan’s opposition leader Ali Karimli, a former secretary of state, goes on trial in Baku on Wednesday for an alleged "attempted coup". Karimli spoke to FRANCE 24 from prison, where he slammed the charges against him as "entirely fabricated and politically motivated" and warned that he risked assassination.