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Khadija Ismayilova's Sentence Suspended After Supreme Court Decision

Khadija Ismayilova was arrested December 5, based on article 125 of the Criminal Court (inciting to suicide).

On May 25, following Supreme Court Decision journalist Khadija Ismayilova's sentence was suspended. Acquitted of article 179 (appropriation) and 308 (abuse of power), Ismayilova is still facing charges of illegal entrepreneurship, and tax evasion.

On September 1, the Baku Court for Grave Crimes sentenced Khadija Ismayil to 7 years and 6 months in jail. She was acquitted for the "incitement to attempt suicide" charge and found guilty on charges of tax evasion, embezzlement and misappropriation, abuse of power, and illegal enterpreneurship.

On February 23, under the decision handed by the Binegedi District Court Judge Sedreddin Haciyev, investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova was found guilty based on the article 147.2 of the Criminal Code (slander). She was fined in the amount of 2,500Manat.

On February 13, Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General Office issued a series of additional charges against an award- winning investigative reporter Ismayilova. She is facing up to 19 years if convicted for embezzlement, tax evasion, illegal business and abuse of power.

On January 27, Sabail District Court ruled to keep Khadija Ismayil in jail for another two months. On February 5, her two-months sentence was going to finalize.

Azerbaijani government claimed there were no political motives in Ismayilova's case.

Azadliq Radio believes Ismayilova's arrest is the result of her work, investigating illegal businesses of Azerbaijani government officials.

Ismayilova, journalist and host of daily show After Work was arrested December 5 by the order of the Sabail District Court of Baku on charges brought by the prosecutor office.

She was sentenced to two months of pre-trial detention based on Article 125 of the Criminal Code (inciting to suicide) on December 5.

Her apartment was searched on December 6.

This is live blog of RFE/RL Azerbaijani Service with the most recent updates on the case.

NOTE*: Timestamps are local time in Baku

13:47 9.1.2015

Khadija Ismayil's life struggle [video in Azerbaijani]

Elmira Ismayilova talks about her daughter, her childhood and her career.

Khadija is the last child of the family. Her mother considered abortion when both her parents learned the baby's gender. But eventually she decided to have her. Khadija was the family's favorite.

So Khadija's struggle began even before she was born.

On her personal blog, Khadija once wrote: "I escaped abortion. My parents decided to have an abortion when they learned the baby was a girl. Maybe I am ungrateful, but what I feel isn't gratitude or happiness. What I feel - is the weight of being a woman. A woman whose struggle in thiscountry began even before her birth".

Elmira Ismayilova says whenever Khadija finished a new investigation she would be the happiest person. "Every single story she investigated was detailed and always backed up." Khadija's mother says she would never publish a story that wasn't backed up by facts.

She says she was aware of her daugther's work, and that both suspected an arrest as a result of it. "My daughter is an investigative journalist. She investigated them [the family] and they didn't like this. But if they lived honestly then she wouldn't investigate their lives, their businesses" says Elmira.

Khadija's mother says she talks to her once every week. "She always sounds in good spirits, sending her support to her friends. But when the Radio was sealed shut, she was sad she couldn't be with her colleauges. She asked me to tell the team how much she wished she was there."

"I wanted her to have a family. To see little Khadija. But Khadija made a choise not to have a family because of her work."

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