Azerbaijan - Khadija Ismayilova completes six months in arbitrary detention

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its call for the immediate release of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who completes six months of arbitrary pre-trial detention by Ilham Aliyev's authoritarian regime tomorrow. A pioneer of Azerbaijani journalistic investigation into high-level government corruption, Ismayilova has been held ever since her arrest on a trumped-up charge on 5 December. “As Baku prepares to host the first European Olympic Games and to receive visitors from all (...)

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