Khadija Ismailova is sentenced to community works

Today Binagadi District Court of Baku sentenced a well-known Azerbaijani investigative journalist, Khadija Ismailova, to 220 hours of community works, because the journalist did not pay the fine  of  400 manat (more than $500) for participating in the  action of  protest on January 26 in Baku. The participants protested against the  repression against members of  unrest in Ismailli region on January 23-24.

 
Ismailova and other activists refused to pay the fine imposed upon them for the realization of the right to freedom of  expression.—06D-

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