The OSCE Special Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, and the Commissioner for Human Rights, Nil Muzhnieks issued a joint statement in connection with the sentence of Khadija Ismailova.
According to the statement, the Azerbaijani authorities continue to suppress critical voices. "An unjust sentence against Ismaylov clearly shows that the Azerbaijani authorities continue to drown out critical voices. Once again, I call the authorities to stop the pressure on journalists," said Mijatovic.
"Khadija Ismailova has been punished for the courageous work of investigative journalist in a country where the critical voices are suppressed one after another. It is a blow to democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights in Azerbaijan," said in his turn, Muiznieks.
The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists also condemned the verdict, calling the trial of Ismayilova a "farce", and called on the authorities to cancel it.-16D-
Politics
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called President of the United States Donald Trump on 25 November.
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Director of the Institute of Political Management, political scientist Azer Gasymly has been summoned to the Main Police Department of Baku at 16:00 today. He wrote about it in facebook.
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Adalyat Verdiyev, the head of the civil defense staff at the public legal entity Center for Public Health and Reform under the Ministry of Health, and a military expert, has been arrested. On November 22, during a media tour to the liberated territories, Verdiyev filmed and published information and images on his social media accounts revealing Azerbaijani Armed Forces' combat positions in the heights, deployment sites, coordinates, and operational conditions of the border troops. This disclosure caused significant damage to the interests of state security and defense capability. This was stated in a report from the General Prosecutor’s Office.
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On Monday, the Baku Appeals Court considered the appeal of Talysh researcher Iqbal Abilov against the extension of his detention for another four months. The defense argued that the decision to extend Abilov's detention was unjustified, lawyer Fariz Namazly told reporters.
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