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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

15:32 8.4.2015

Khadija Ismayilova's accuser withdraws his complaint

Azerbaijan -- RFE/RL Azeri Service journalist Tural Mustafayev, Baku, October 4, 2013.
Azerbaijan -- RFE/RL Azeri Service journalist Tural Mustafayev, Baku, October 4, 2013.

Or at least is trying to. In an interview with Azadliq Radiosu said he wrote another letter to the Prosecutor telling him about his request to retract the complaint and also to lift the travel ban.

Mustafayev accepted the state of his mental health at the time of the writing the original letter of comlaint as "I was having a nervous breakdown".

Now that he is healthy he finally decided to withdraw the comlaint adding that "Now, I am no longer complaining about Khadija Ismayilova. I honestly want to make up".

Read the full story here.

05:27 16.4.2015

PEN American Center To Honor Khadija Ismayilova With PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom To Write Award

April 15, PEN American Center announced its decision to honor jailed Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova with the 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. The award will be presented during the annual PEN Literary Gala on May 5, 2015, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

The PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award is presented annually to a writer imprisoned or persecuted for his or her work. Since its inception in 1987, thirty-five of the 39 writers who were in prison at the time they won the award have been freed, due in part to the attention and pressure generated by the award.

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