Azeri journalist receives death threats for working in Armenian paperNovember 5, 2015 - 14:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan-born journalist and blogger Arzu Geybullayeva has been receiving death threats for working in Istanbul-based Armenian newspaper Agos, Global Journalist reports. Geybullayeva has previously written for major news outlets like Foreign Policy and al-Jazeera. Yet it’s her work for Agos that has led to threats from her native land. Criticism over her work for Agos began with small Azeri outlets, and spread to Azerbaijan’s state-owned media. Eventually Geybullayeva, who frequently blogs about human rights in Azerbaijan, started to receive death threats online. By 2014 she realized it was no longer safe for her to return to her home country. That year the Azeri government of President Ilham Aliyev unleashed a crackdown on the media. Among other incidents, the government arrested Khadija Ismayilova, an Azeri journalist who investigated corruption in Aliyev’s family. Ilgar Nasibov, a journalist and human rights activist, was beaten unconscious in what his wife told local media an attack by Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry. The Azeri government has pressured Geybullayeva’s family in Azerbaijan, a strategy it has used against other journalists and dissidents. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |