{"id":169428,"date":"2015-08-12T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/human-rights-watch-honors-khadija-ismayilova\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:31:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:31:41","slug":"human-rights-watch-honors-khadija-ismayilova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/human-rights-watch-honors-khadija-ismayilova\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Watch honors Khadija Ismayilova"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/31467\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31467\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/31467\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31467\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  On August 10, Human Rights Watch awarded Khadija Ismayilova the 2015\u00a0Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism. The award is named for Dr. Alison Des Forges, senior adviser at Human Rights Watch for almost two decades, who died in a plane crash in New York State on February 12, 2009. It honors human rights defendants who work in dangerous circumstances.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Below is the<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/08\/10\/khadija-ismayilova-azerbaijan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      <i><br \/>\n        HRW statement<br \/>\n      <\/i><br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  :\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Human Rights Watch&#8217;s<br \/>\n  <i><br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/hrw.org\/news\/2015\/08\/10\/rights-activists-honored\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        Alison Des Forges Award<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n  <\/i><br \/>\n  \u00a0celebrates the valor of individuals who put their lives on the line to protect the dignity and rights of others. Human Rights Watch collaborates with these courageous activists to create a world in which people live free of violence, discrimination, and oppression.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Khadija Ismayilova is a prominent investigative journalist who has dedicated her life to fighting for human rights in the oil-rich former Soviet republic of<br \/>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/europe\/central-asia\/azerbaijan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        Azerbaijan<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b><br \/>\n  , a country under increasingly harsh authoritarian rule. As Baku bureau chief for two years at Radio Azadlig, Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty\u2019s Azerbaijan service, and then as anchor of a talk show, Ismayilova conducted painstaking research and reported on<br \/>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.occrp.org\/freekhadijaismayilova\/stories\/the-making-of-an-investigative-reporter.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        allegations of corruption, malfeasance, and unethical business<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b><br \/>\n  \u00a0dealings among government officials and within the ruling family\u2019s highest ranks. She is a fierce and outspoken advocate for releasing unjustly imprisoned activists amid Azerbaijan\u2019s ever-shrinking space for freedom of expression and association.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Beginning in 2011, she exposed the government\u2019s unlawful expropriation of property and forced eviction of homeowners to make way for construction related to the Eurovision Song Contest. She advocated tirelessly for fair and just compensation for people whose property was expropriated. In other investigative reports, she exposed allegations of the ruling family\u2019s apparent leveraging of the transportation system, banks, government mining operations, and more. The government retaliated with threats, intimidation, and a vicious smear campaign against her in state-run media.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Undeterred, she resumed her<br \/>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-cq1u73jTHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        investigative reporting<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b><br \/>\n  . As Azerbaijan prepared to host the first European Games in June 2015, the government\u2019s crackdown on independent voices worsened. Several of the country\u2019s top human rights defenders were thrown in jail, including Ismayilova,<br \/>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/12\/05\/azerbaijan-investigative-journalist-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        who was imprisoned in December 2014<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b><br \/>\n  \u00a0on spurious charges. She has remained behind bars ever since.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Human Rights Watch honors Khadija Ismayilova for her extraordinary courage as a journalist and human rights activist in the face of the unprecedented crackdown on freedom of expression in Azerbaijan.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human Rights Watch awarded Khadija Ismayilova the 2015 Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":31467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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