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| Azerbaijan journalist Khadija Ismayilova jailed in Baku | Azerbaijan journalist Khadija Ismayilova jailed in Baku |
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| Leading Azerbaijan journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been sentenced to seven and a half years in jail for embezzlement and tax evasion. | Leading Azerbaijan journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been sentenced to seven and a half years in jail for embezzlement and tax evasion. |
| A renowned investigative reporter, she had focused on businesses and offshore bank accounts allegedly linked to the family of President Ilham Aliyev. | A renowned investigative reporter, she had focused on businesses and offshore bank accounts allegedly linked to the family of President Ilham Aliyev. |
| Human rights organisations have complained that the trial was politically motivated. | |
| Two prominent activists were jailed last month on similar charges. | Two prominent activists were jailed last month on similar charges. |
| Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif were given jail terms of eight and a half years and seven years, respectively. | |
| Ismayilova: Giving Azerbaijan's government a headache | |
| The Azerbaijan government said at the time the couple's court process had been open and free and that judicial independence and the rule of law were "fully guaranteed". | |
| Responding to the latest verdict, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland linked the cases and spoke of a worrying trend against human rights activists and journalists. He said the developments had a "chilling effect on freedom of expression in the country". |