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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

23:04 16.3.2016

New filing in Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan

March 15, 2016 an international legal counsel for Khadija Ismayilova submitted observations on "admissibility and merits of Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan (Application no. 30778/15) to the European Court of Human Rights".

The counsel comprising of Amal Clooney and Nani Jansen filed the observations in response to the Azerbaijani Government's filing of 15 January 2016 following Khadija's application to the Court.

"They argue that there is no reasonable suspicion that Khadija committed any of the crimes she was charged with and no justification for her detention. The submissions show instead that the real purpose of her detention was political: to silence her criticism of the government and to stop her from exposing further evidence of government corruption. Counsel also submit that Khadija’s presumption of innocence was denied throughout domestic proceedings and that her right to counsel and the independence of the courts were compromised. Counsel argue that the record also discloses that Khadija was discriminated against on the basis of her political opinions and that she was denied an effective remedy in the Azerbaijani courts. Accordingly, Khadija claims that her rights under Articles 5, 6, 10, 13, 14 and 18 of the European Convention on Human Rights have been violated.

Khadija has requested that the Court order her immediate release and that the Court hold a hearing in the case."

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