(Source: OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture) Paris-Geneva, November 30, 2015 - The appeal filed by prominent investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova to contest her 7.5-year jail sentence was struck out on November 25 by the Baku Court of Appeal, deplores the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint FIDH-OMCT programme). On September 1, 2015, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes had sentenced Ms. Khadija Ismayilova to 7,5 years imprisonment on charges of 'embezzlement', 'illegal entrepreneurship', 'tax evasion', and 'abuse of office'. This sentence...
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