Azerbaijan - Khadija Ismayilova on trial – a lesson in courage for the international community

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders pays tribute to the well-known Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, whose trial opens today in Baku, and calls for firmer international condemnation of the ongoing crackdown on Azerbaijani civil society by President Ilham Aliyev's government. The trial of Azerbaijan's most famous journalist, Khadija Ismayilova, was set to begin on National Press Day, July 22. The irony was too much for President Ilham Aliyev's authoritarian regime and the start date was (...)

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