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IFJ and EFJ condemn "outrageous" 7.5 year jail sentence for Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova
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http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR2538.htm
Publisher: International Federation of Journalists
Date Written: 02/09/2015
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), have today condemned the sentencing of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova to 7.5 years in jail
Abstract: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), have today condemned the sentencing of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova to 7.5 years in jail in the capital, Baku, in a case said to be retaliation for exposing state corruption.
On 1 September, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes convicted Ismayilova, an award-winning investigative journalist, at a closed trial on charges of libel, tax evasion, illegal business a...
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