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

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

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

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

Around 20 officers surrounded the couple’s car, and both Dr Ibadoghlu and his wife claim they were physically assaulted during the arrest, resulting in severe bruising.

“My mother was very scared,” Mrs. Bayramova said. “At first I feared it was some kind of sex trafficking or an organ trafficking mafia. “He didn’t even think it was the police, because they didn’t have uniforms.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it has “consistently advocated for Dr Ibadoghlu’s access to adequate medical care and the right to a fair legal process”.

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

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

“My father has been paying taxes in the UK and benefiting the community and the country in every way possible,” he said.

Cop29 expected to be a difficult summit

The UK is the biggest investor in Azerbaijan, mainly in the fossil fuel industry, and this year BP has launched a major new oil platform off the coast.

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

Azerbaijan’s government 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 as hosts over their support for Ukraine.

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

“Azerbaijan is greenwashing its image,” Ms. Bayramova said.

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

The controversial scenario paves the way for what is expected to be a difficult climate summitfocused on poorer countries demanding more funding from richer countries to transition away from fossil fuels.

In recent months there has been intense debate over which countries should qualify for aid and which should be expected to contribute, with fast-growing economies like China accused of shirking their obligations.

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

The United States will be represented in Baku by an outgoing Biden administration, before the The return of Donald Trump.who has promised to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement.

Meanwhile, Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, pulled out of the summit after the collapse of his ruling coalition, leaving Keir Starmer as one of only two G7 leaders to attend.