(CN) — A decadelong campaign against one of Azerbaijan’s most prominent investigative journalists reached a breaking point Tuesday, when the European Court of Human Rights ruled the state had turned ordinary criminal law into a tool for silencing a critic.
In its judgment, the Strasbourg-based court said the case against Khadija Ismayilova was never really about enforcing economic rules. Instead, the judges found, Azerbaijan used routine charges to punish her investigative reporting, wrapping political retaliation in the appearance of legality.
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