Amal Clouney may take jailed Azeri journalist's case to ECHR

Amal Clouney may take jailed Azeri journalist's case to ECHR
January 20, 2016 - 12:08 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has offered to take the case of jailed Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), RFE/RL reports.

Ismayilova, an RFE/RL contributor, and her lawyer are said to be considering Clooney's offer.

Clooney, the wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney, has taken on several prominent cases in recent years in such countries as Egypt, Armenia, and the Maldives, defending people imprisoned on charges often seen by human rights groups as politically motivated.

Ismayilova was sentenced in September 2015 to 7 1/2 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.

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