Jailed Azerbaijani instigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova, and American journalists Jason Rezaian, Austin Tice who have been detained in Syria and Iran, were honored with press freedom awards at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., on Wednesday, July 29th, TURAN’s U.S. correspondent reports.
“We will not stop fighting for these journalists until they are free and able to do their jobs,” said John Hughes, president National Press Club.
Journalists and media leaders were present at the annual event to celebrate the highest press freedom prize honoring their jailed colleagues.
Ismayilova, who has been held in pretrial detention in a Baku prison since last December on charges many observers link to her investigations of high-level corruption involving President Ilham Aliyev, according to RFE/RL Editor in Chief Nenad Pejic, who accepted the award on Ismayilova’s behalf.
“This award is an acknowledgement of [Khadija’s] courage and her convictions, but it is also a call to all of us here tonight to condemn her imprisonment and demand her freedom," he said.
Alakbar Raufoglu
Washington, D.C.
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November 8 is celebrated as Victory Day in Azerbaijan. In 2020, Azerbaijan restored its territorial integrity through a 44-day war and a one-day military operation in 2023. Although a ceasefire declaration was signed between the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russia, a peace treaty between Baku and Yerevan has yet to be signed, even four years later.
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On Saturday, rain with heavy showers in some areas is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula. There will be fog in the morning and evening, and the wind will be from the northwest. The air temperature: at night +6°C to +10°C; in the daytime +12°C to +15°C.
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