Proceedings of the criminal case related to the smear campaign against Khadija Ismayilova have been resumed
Europe The work was renewed 4 months after the decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council
Attorney General’s office Khadija To find the perpetrators of the smear campaign against Ismailova crime resume research did.
Researcher-journalist Khadija Ismayilova 2010– in 2011 in a row President and faced threats and insults after publishing investigations about family members.
After this judge political which is a party MAKEunder the control of “Yeni Azerbaijan“, “Two The coast“, “Ses” newspapers published derogatory articles about the journalist. In the Internet media, it was filmed secretly from the journalist’s bedroom video images have been released. Although the journalist filed complaints with law enforcement agencies and courts, the culprits were not brought to justice. Prosecution “A crime Article 156 (violation of privacy) of the Code crime started, but the proceedings were suspended on August 17, 2015. Although the journalist applied for the renewal of the proceedings several times, the investigations were not resumed.
Khadija Decisions of local law enforcement agencies and courts on Ismayilova’s complaints Europe It was disputed before the Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Concluding that the relevant institutions did not protect the journalist’s right to respect for private life and freedom of expression, and did not conduct an effective investigation into the events that happened to the journalist, the ECtHR ruled that the rights to respect for private life and freedom of expression were violated.
Europe Council of Ministers Committee of those decisions execution discussed his situation for the last time in June of this year. In the resolution adopted by the committee Azerbaijan urged his government to “immediately restart the investigation into the criminal acts committed against Khadija Ismayilova (threat letter, secret recording and distribution of intimate videos), properly interrogate all witnesses, and follow all the clues related to the case.”
4 months after this decision of the committee, 10 in October 2022, by the decision of the investigator of the General Prosecutor’s Office, according to the decision dated August 17, 2015, the proceedings of the suspended criminal case were resumed. The authorized representative of AR at the ECHR, Chingiz Asgarov, informed about this in a letter.
The decision of the ECHR on the journalist’s complaint, the same decision of the CoC NK execution the resolution on the situation, as well as the links to the letter of the authorized representative at the ECHR are placed in the comments section.