American journalist Amanda Erikson and British human rights activist Silya Davis are attacked in Baku.

According to Turan, a group of young men attacked both women and beat them on Wednesday.

Azerbaijani police is not aware on beating the two foreign citizens. Embassies of U.S. and Britain have not commented on the incident yet.

Erikson and Davis collaborated with the local media and had trainings for journalists and civil society activists.

“Pressure on a foreign journalist and a human rights activist is new in Azerbaijan,” writes the agency.