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Washington Post: Journalist in Azerbaijan finds new ways to battle alleged rights abuses

By Washington Post.

Published Sept. 2, 2018 at 2:30 pm

Honoree Khadija Ismayilova, President and CEO of the Los Angeles Times Kathy Thomson, honoree Zubeida Mustafa and journalist Elias Wondimu attend the 2012 Courage in Journalism Awards hosted by the International Women's Media Foundation held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Oct. 29, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California.

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When German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Baku last month, she met with one of Azerbaijan’s most renowned journalists. But it was not for an interview.

Khadija Ismayilova offered Merkel a firsthand appraisal of Azerbaijan’s crackdowns on political dissent and the media — which included jailing Ismayilova for 18 months and blocking her from leaving the country.