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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

21:09 25.2.2015

Charges against journalist Khadija Ismayilova are now combined under one

Ismayilova's lawyer, Yalchin Imanov informed Azadliq Radiosu that as of today all of the pressed charges against Ismayilova will be dealt by Office of the General Prosecutor for Serious Crimes.

"Ismayilova was informed of this decision yesterday, February 24. Originally she was charged under Article 125 of the Criminal Code (inciting to suicide). This case was under investigation at the Baku City Prosecutor. On February 13, she was presented with additional four new charges. These are investigated by the Office of the General Prosecutor for Serious Cimes. On February 24 however Ismayilova was told all five charges were now combined and that will be investigated by the Serious Crimes Unit" said Imanov.

Imanov says this decision - to combine charges under one - is illegal.

It is likely Imanov might be taken off the case as he too was questioned as a witness in the on-going case against foreign funded entities in Azerbaijan. Legally an individual questioned as a witness in a case cannot present the rights of someone who is charged under the same case.

If convicted, Khadija Ismayilova is facing up to 12 years in jail.

Journalist rejects all of the charges against her.

13:44 2.3.2015

The Washington Post editorial writes of Khadija Ismayilova

"One of Aliyev's favorite tools for silencing people is pretrial detention. Azeri law states that it is to be used only in limited cases, and Azerbaijan's criminal procedure code put this power in the hands of the corts, not prosecutors, more than a decade ago. In practice, though, the courts have become servants of the prosecution."

The editorial goes into further detail explaining how Aliyev and its government is persecuting activists in order to silence them. Among some of the cases highligthed in the editorial is also the case of RFE/RL journalist Khadija Ismayilova.

Read the full post here.

11:59 4.3.2015

Amnesty International new report on Azerbaijan

"The authorities have intensified a crackdown on journalists critical of the government. Award-winning investigative journalist, Khadija Ismayilova, was detained on 5 December 2014 on an implausible charge of inciting a former colleague to suicide.

Khadija had published a list of political prisoners and was also investigating claims of links between President Aliiyev’s family and a lucrative construction project in Baku. She previously received anonymous threats that intimate photos of herself, believed to have been taken by government officials covertly at her home, would be published if she did not abandon her work," said the report released March 4, with some 100 days left to the start of the European Games and a day before its 3 months that Ismayilova is in jail.

Full report available here.

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