Azerbaijan jails top journalist for seven and a half years: lawyer
Baku's Court sentenced Khadija Ismayilova to seven and a half years in prison for economic crimes
BAKU (AFP) - Azerbaijan on Tuesday sentenced award-winning investigative journalist and anti-graft campaigner Khadija Ismayilova to seven and a half years in jail on corruption charges she denounced as trumped-up, her lawyer said.
"Baku s Court for Serious Crimes sentenced Khadija Ismayilova to seven and a half years in prison for economic crimes, including illegal entrepreneurship and tax evasion," her lawyer Fariz Namazly told AFP.
