Amal Clooney has offered to take the case of jailed Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has offered to take the case of jailed Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova to the European Court of Human Rights.
Ismayilova, an RFE/RL contributor, happy to be represented by Clooney, the wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney.
She has taken on several prominent cases in recent years in such countries as Egypt, Armenia, and the Maldives, defending people of her reritage, she imprisoned on charges often seen by human rights groups as politically motivated.
Ismayilova was sentenced in September 2015 to 7 and half years in prison on charges widely viewed as being trumped up in retaliation for her reports linking family members of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to massive business and real estate holdings.
She is not only one journalists, speaking her mind of freedom,while Macedonoan’s journal house they are under cooruptions of the goverment enclose their rights and first amendment right.
Very sad, but reality in many small countries to feel the fear of your freedom, but speaking out your mind as a journalist and writer of your story, hope Mrs.Clooney will help.
