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Azerbaijan Urged To Lift Journalist’s ‘Unjust’ Travel Ban (RFE/RL)
Three nongovernmental organizations are urging Azerbaijan to lift a travel ban against investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova and allow her to travel to Britain to give evidence in the trial of a journalist who is being sued for defamation by an Azerbaijani lawmaker… In a joint statement on January 15, Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders U.K., and […]2020-01-16

Human rights groups demand Azerbaijan lift travel ban on investigative journalist (Emerging Europe)
“Azerbaijan is unjustly and unfairly preventing Khadija Ismayilova from travelling internationally as a means to punish her and stifle the spread of her reporting,” said Index on Censorship chief executive Jodie Ginsberg. “Given the UK’s stated commitment to speak out more publicly on threats to media freedom, we urge Britain to join our calls for […]2020-01-15

Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders UK and Transparency International UK urge Azerbaijan to lift journalist’s travel ban
Azerbaijan authorities should lift a travel ban against award-winning investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, UK-based rights groups urged on 15 January.2020-01-15

Project Exile: Wife of kidnapped Azerbaijani journalist puts her career on hold to campaign for her husband’s release
Leyla Mustafayeva is an Azerbaijani journalist and the wife of investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, who was kidnapped in Georgia in May 2017 and later imprisoned in Azerbaijan2019-06-21