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Europe’s Top Rights Court: Azerbaijan Prosecuted Journalist to Silence Her

ID: 065c8348-213f-5503-8334-5814b29168d6

STIX ID: report--065c8348-213f-5503-8334-5814b29168d6

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-01-27

Date Updated: 2026-05-22

Author: OCCRP

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The European Court of Human Rights found that Azerbaijan prosecuted journalist Khadija Ismayilova to punish and silence her investigative reporting on high-level corruption, ruling the prosecutions were arbitrary and ordering compensation; the piece also notes prior favorable rulings for Ismayilova and ongoing government actions against independent media, including arrests and travel bans.

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