Khadija Ismayilova

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March 24, 2017
Nowhere To Be Found: Firms With Official Ties Absent From Key Azerbaijani Registry

Observers worry that the absence from a tax registry of dozens of companies previously tied to Azerbaijani officials or their families could signal an effort to hinder inquiries into their ownership and activities.
August 31, 2015
Khadija Ismayilova 's Final Statement Before A Baku Court

An English translation of the closing statement that investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova presented to a Baku court following her conviction on economic crimes charges that are widely believed to have been fabricated.
July 15, 2014
TeliaSonera’s Behind-The-Scenes Connection To Azerbaijani President's Daughters

An investigative report by Khadija Ismayilova in collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project shows that through a trail of owners and offshore registrations, the two daughters of President Ilham Aliyev appear to be connected to Azerbaijan’s largest mobile phone business, Azercell.
May 09, 2012
Eurovision Hall Benefits Azerbaijan's First Family

As Azerbaijan prepares to host the Eurovision Song Contest later this month, a shimmering glass-and-steel showcase is being built. The Azerbaijani government has spent $134 million to build the 23,000-seat Crystal Hall, but an investigation by RFE/RL and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project reveals the president's family is personally profiting from the massive construction project.
May 03, 2012
Azerbaijani Government Awarded Gold-Field Rights To President's Family

The contract for the Chovdar gold field in western Azerbaijan, worth an estimated $2.5 billion, was awarded in an opaque process in 2007 to a U.K. consortium, AIMROC, that was hastily created for the project. Newly discovered documents now reveal that AIMROC is actually a shell company controlled by companies tied to President Ilham Aliyev's daughters.
June 27, 2011
Azerbaijani President's Daughters Tied To Fast-Rising Telecoms Firm

Azerfon is one of Azerbaijan's hottest telecoms companies and the country's only provider of 3G services. But questions about who owns the firm and how it acquired its 3G monopoly have remained unanswered. RFE/RL Azerbaijani Service correspondent Khadija Ismayilova has unearthed documents showing that a majority stake in the firm is controlled by the two daughters of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev.
August 13, 2010
Aliyev's Azerbaijani Empire Grows, As Daughter Joins The Game

A single holding company controls nearly every aspect of Azerbaijan's airline industry and operates its own bank to boot. One of the bank's owners? President Ilham Aliyev's 21-year-old daughter.
January 07, 2010
Azerbaijani Villagers Held By Police In Exclave

Residents of an Azerbaijani village say security forces have arrested scores of people after clashes between police and villagers, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports.
July 02, 2009
Azerbaijani Tempers Flare Over Iranian TV's Criticism

Iran has lashed out at the international media in recent weeks for its coverage of the controversial June 12 elections and the massive street protests that followed. But Iran's own media is now coming under criticism in Azerbaijan, where a recent visit by the Israeli president prompted Iran's Sahar TV to launch a stinging attack on the Azerbaijani government -- in Azeri.
March 09, 2009
Controversial Azeri Novel Takes On Double Taboos

A controversial romance novel about two gay men, one Armenian and the other Azeri, is flying off the shelves in Azerbaijan. Ali Akbar, the author of "Artush and Zaur," says the book has hit a nerve because it challenges two social ills at once: homophobia and the ongoing enmity between the neighboring countries.
January 30, 2009
Azeri Demands Action On Prosecutor Testimony

Azerbaijani parliament member Panah Huseyn has said he will apply to the Supreme Court Council to start an investigation following testimony by former Baku prosecutor Mahir Nagiyev.
December 24, 2008
New President For Life?

Azerbaijan's government has moved one step closer to removing the current two-term limit on the presidency. Observers say the proposed changes are likely to be approved in an upcoming referendum, putting President Ilham Aliyev in position to be president for life.
November 06, 2008
The Toughest Defense Lawyer In Azerbaijan

Famous for both his honesty and his short temper, Isakhan Ashurov handles controversial cases that other lawyers either can't -- or won't.
July 25, 2008
Traditional Azeri Wedding Leads To Groom's Arrest

An activist for the cultural and language rights of Azeris has been arrested in Iran just weeks after a wedding that marked his ethnic heritage. Vedud Asadi had a court date this week to face unspecified charges, but that's all the information his family has as they try to determine his whereabouts.
July 07, 2008
Weak Laws, Energy Wealth Fuel Rise In Sex Trade

For criminal trafficking rings, the former Soviet Union -- energy-rich and protection-poor -- is proving profitable as both a source and a destination.
June 24, 2008
Does Council Of Europe Matter In Azerbaijan?

Many of Azerbaijan's democratic failures have occurred in plain view of the continent's preeminent rights and democracy organization. Nearly eight years after admission, how useful has the Council of Europe been to the country's development?

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Khadija Ismayilova

Also by Khadija Ismayilova

Nowhere To Be Found: Firms With Official Ties Absent From Key Azerbaijani Registry

Khadija Ismayilova 's Final Statement Before A Baku Court

TeliaSonera’s Behind-The-Scenes Connection To Azerbaijani President's Daughters

Eurovision Hall Benefits Azerbaijan's First Family

Azerbaijani Government Awarded Gold-Field Rights To President's Family

Azerbaijani President's Daughters Tied To Fast-Rising Telecoms Firm

Aliyev's Azerbaijani Empire Grows, As Daughter Joins The Game

Azerbaijani Villagers Held By Police In Exclave

Azerbaijani Tempers Flare Over Iranian TV's Criticism

Controversial Azeri Novel Takes On Double Taboos

Azeri Demands Action On Prosecutor Testimony

New President For Life?

The Toughest Defense Lawyer In Azerbaijan

Traditional Azeri Wedding Leads To Groom's Arrest

Weak Laws, Energy Wealth Fuel Rise In Sex Trade

Does Council Of Europe Matter In Azerbaijan?