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"By putting Khadija Ismailova to jail for her work, you will only focus the attention of the journalists at your country, at your President and at the non-stop repressions of civil liberties and freedom of the press in Azerbaijan," reads the statement of the “Investigative Reporting Project Italy” the Azerbaijani consulate in Rome which cooperated with Khadija Ismayilova.

British newspaper “The Guardian” published an article where it presented both the background of the arrest of the journalist, and the quotes from the critical statements of officials in this regard.

Articles with such content were also published on the websites of news channels “Euronews” and “France 24”, “Voice of America”, “Yahoo! News”, the international news agency “Reuters” and online “EurasiaNet”. Iranian, Romanian, German, Dutch media also touched this topic.

Azerbaijani service of "Radio Liberty" reports that Ismayilova’s relatives have tried to pass her food, but they were refused at prison. The journalist has strict dietary restrictions due to undergoing surgery she had last year.

On the Azerbaijani website “Azeri Report” the message by Khadija Ismayilova is published. She wrote it in February. In her message she appeals to those who want to help her, if she is arrested. She asks to do it as loudly as possible, or not do it at all, because she does not believe in human rights behind closed doors.

Protests in defense of Azerbaijani journalist have been held in Moldova and the United States.

A group of journalists, human rights activists and friends of Khadija Ismayilova have held a protest in front of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the United States. As reported by "Turan", the protesters called Ismayilova’s arrest "unfair" and "another attempt to shut her mouth and prevention of further exposure of corruption."

On December 5, morning, well-known Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova was detained after being questioned at the prosecutor's office. Baku Sabail District Court made a decision to detain her for two months. She was charged with incitement to suicide. If the fault of the journalist is proven, then she can be punished by a term of 3 to 7 years in prison. Khadija Ismayilova has become the target of attacks of the government for her journalistic activities. Ismayilova is an author of a number of journalistic investigations of corruption in the highest echelons of power in Azerbaijan. In recent years, she is conducting a talk show in the Azerbaijani Service of “Radio Liberty”.