David Lammy is under pressure to demand the release of an LSE academic jailed in Azerbaijan

On Thursday, Ms. Bayramova will receive the Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Young Human Rights Activist, in recognition of her advocacy for her father.

The award is named in honor of Sergei Magnitsky, the Russian lawyer who was killed in police custody after exposing corruption.

Ms Bayramova and her family are concerned about Dr Ibadoghlu’s deteriorating health while he was under house arrest, where he was unable to receive adequate medical care due to several pre-existing conditions.

The academic and his wife were arrested by plainclothes police earlier this year during a rare visit to the country to see his mother after the family left the country in 2015 amid a government crackdown on civil society.

About 20 officers surrounded the couple’s car, and both Dr. Ibadoghlu and his wife say they were physically assaulted during the arrest, causing severe bruising.

“My mother was extremely scared,” Ms Bayramova said. “She initially feared it was some kind of sex trafficking or organ trafficking mafia. She didn’t even think it was the police because they weren’t wearing uniforms.”

The State Department said it has “consistently advocated for Dr. Ibadoghlu’s access to appropriate medical care and the right to a fair legal hearing.”

“We would welcome any decision by the Azerbaijani authorities to allow Dr. Ibadoghlu to travel abroad to receive medical care if necessary,” a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. “We will continue to use our diplomatic channels to express our concerns about the protection of freedoms and human rights in Azerbaijan.”

But Ms Bayramova fears Britain is not pushing as hard as it can because of the ties between the British oil and gas industry and Azerbaijan, and the desire for a good outcome at the Cop29 conference.

“My father paid taxes in Britain and benefited the community and the country in every way he could,” she said.

Cop29 expected to be a difficult summit

Britain is the biggest investor in Azerbaijan, especially in the fossil fuel industry, with BP launching a major new oil platform offshore this year.

Critics have said fossil fuel deals with Azerbaijan are a cover for Russia to sell its gas to Europe and claim they are fueling human rights abuses in the country.

The government of Azerbaijan did not respond to a request for comment from The Telegraph.

The decision to hold the annual climate conference in Baku came after Russia vetoed European countries from receiving their support for Ukraine.

It is the latest country with a questionable human rights record to host the climate talks, following the past two events in Dubai and Egypt.

“Azerbaijan is greenwashing its image,” Bayramova said.

A recent report shows that SOCAR, Azerbaijan’s state oil and gas company, is planning a major expansion of production in the coming years.

The controversial setting paves the way for what is expected to be a… difficult climate summitaimed at poorer countries demanding more financing from richer countries to get rid of fossil fuels.

There has been much debate in recent months over which countries should be eligible for aid, and which countries are expected to contribute, with fast-growing economies such as China accused of shirking their duties.

There are also doubts about how much can be achieved at the summit given recent geopolitical developments.

The US will be represented in Baku by an outgoing Biden administration ahead of the return of Donald Trumpwho has promised to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement.

Meanwhile, Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, has withdrawn from attending the summit following the collapse of his governing coalition, leaving Keir Starmer one of only two G7 leaders to attend.