Azerbaijan - Azerbaijani journalist Ismayilova begins third month in detention

Reporters without borders

Leading investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova today begins her third month in detention pending what will almost certainly be a sham trial. She was arrested on 5 December on a trumped-up charge of “inciting” a former colleague to commit suicide. Reporters Without Borders reiterates its call for a campaign for the release of Ismayilova, whose only crime has been having the courage to investigate a subject that is completely off-limits in Azerbaijan – corruption at the highest level of (...)

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