Khadija Ismayilova released conditionally (Photo)

Azerbaijani Supreme Court considered an appeal today condemned the journalist Khadija Ismayil, decided her conditional release. Recall that the trial court had denied her freedom for 7.5 years in 2015. She was arrested in December, 2014.

2015-ci ildə yadda qalan hadisələr

photo: Aziz Karimov

2015-ci il olduqca maraqlı hadisələrlə yadda qaldı. 2014-cü ildə olan həbs dalğası bu ildə davam elədi. Bu il həm devalivasiya, Avropa Oyunları, yanğın, sankisiyalar və s. Həbslərdən tutmuş devalivasiyaya kimi... Beləliklə...

Jurnalist Xədicə İsmayılova 7.5 il müddətinə həbs edildi (video)

Azerbaijan journalist Khadija's Ismayilova
 mother Elmira Ismatilova  talks to the media outside
Baku court  after the hearing.
 September 1, 2015Photo: Aziz Karimov

Bu gün Bakı Ağır Cinayətlər Məhkəməsi məşhur araşdırmaçı-jurnalist Xədicə İsmayılovanı 7,5 il müddətinə azadlıqdan məhrum edib.

Khadija Ismayil Final Words (Full text) - 31.08.2015

Photo: Aziz Karimov

Dear court attendants, the court committee, which has turned into the observers of this hearing, and those who have taken the seats of the people who are genuinely interested in attending the hearing:
I am not sure what your intention is in holding this express court, but I think the repression machine is about to collapse. Surely, we can see this as a result of the collapse in the oil market, but there are other reasons as well. One of these reasons is us!

Indictment Announced at Khadija Ismailova’s Trial (Photo)

 Holding closed trials of government critics is becoming a tradition in Azerbaijan. So, today at the trial of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova even her mother was not let into the room, not to mention journalists and human rights defenders.