{"id":169529,"date":"2015-08-19T08:11:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T08:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/prosecutor-accuses-ismayilova-of-attempting-to-delay-trial\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:32:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:32:31","slug":"prosecutor-accuses-ismayilova-of-attempting-to-delay-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/prosecutor-accuses-ismayilova-of-attempting-to-delay-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor Accuses Ismayilova of Attempting to Delay Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The state prosecutor in the case of investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova today accused her of deliberately delaying the trial,
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\n Ismayilova, an investigative reporter for OCCRP and Azadliq Radio (the Azerbaijani branch of Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty), is on trial in Baku\u2019s Court of Grave Crimes for charges including embezzlement, tax evasion and inciting former colleague Tural Mustafayev to attempt suicide \u2013 charges human rights groups say are politically motivated.\n<\/p>\n

\n In court today Ismayilova made several petitions to the judge, all of which the state prosecutor called unfounded and \u201caimed at delaying the trial\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n Among Ismayilova\u2019s petitions was a request for testimony from the psychiatrist who treated her original accuser, Mustafayev. She also petitioned for extra witnesses to be called and for the inclusion of additional documents in the case material.\n<\/p>\n

\n The judge refused all requests but granted Ismayilova time to meet with her lawyers. Ismayilova\u2019s mother and sister today told
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\n \u00a0she was granted only a few hours between hearings today to speak with her defense team, although she had requested an additional week.\n<\/p>\n

\n Ismayilova\u2019s mother, Elmira Ismayilova, told reporters today, “The prosecutor is lying. Khadija confirms that he is lying and while she is trying to defend herself, the prosecutor is not listening, no one is listening.”\n<\/p>\n

\n The journalist\u2019s mother, as well as some international observers, were allowed into the courtroom today.\n<\/p>\n

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\n Before her arrest in December 2014, Ismayilova reported extensively on corruption in the upper echelons of the Azerbaijani government.\n<\/p>\n

\n She believes her investigative work is the real reason behind her legal troubles, claiming at a
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\n OCCRP has continued Ismayilova\u2019s work exposing corruption in Aliyev\u2019s regime through an investigative journalism series called The
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\n Most recently, OCCRP journalists created an
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\n The trial continues tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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