Khadija Ismayilova
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Khadija in 2016.
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Khadija Rovshan qizi Ismayilova May 27, 1976 Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Nationality | Azerbaijani |
Khadija Rovshan qizi Ismayilova, also Ismailova, (Azerbaijani: Xədicə İsmayılova, pronounced /xædiːˈdʒæ ismɑˈjɯlovɑ/; born 27 May 1976) is an Azerbaijani investigative journalist and radio host who is currently working for the Azerbaijani service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, until recently as the host of the daily debate show İşdən Sonra. She is a member of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. In December 2014, Ismayilova was arrested on charges of incitement to suicide, a charge widely criticized by human rights organizations as bogus. On 1 September 2015, Ismayilova was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison under charges of embezzlement and tax evasion. On 25 May 2016, the Azerbaijani supreme court ordered Ismayilova released on probation. In November 2016, Ismayilova was included as one of the inspirational and influential women of 2016 in the BBC's 100 Women.
Khadija Ismayilova attended Baku School #135 and graduated in 1992. She then graduated from the Baku State University with a degree in philology in 1997. For the next ten years, she worked as a journalist for a number of local and foreign media outlets, including the newspaper Zerkalo, Caspian Business News and the Azerbaijani edition of the Voice of America.
Ismayilova was the head of the Azerbaijani service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty from 2008 to 2010, after which she continued working there as a regular staff reporter. Beginning in 2010, a series of her articles dealing with state-level corruption in Azerbaijan caused great controversy as they explicitly named Azerbaijan's current President Ilham Aliyev, his wife Mehriban Aliyeva and their children as engaging in corruption. The government never issued a comment with regard to any of these reports. Two of these articles were named best investigative reports of 2010 and 2011 by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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