Heydar Aliyev

Azerbaijan on Tuesday sentenced award-winning investigative journalist and anti-graft campaigner Khadija Ismayilova to seven and a half years in jail on corruption charges she denounced as trumped-up, her lawyer said.

Prosecutors in Azerbaijan today raided the offices of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's local service, according to its Director who condemned the move as a crackdown on free media in the tightly-controlled Caucasus nation.

A court in Azerbaijan on Monday sentenced a prominent rights activist to six years in jail for hooliganism and possession of a knife, his lawyer said, denouncing the charges as bogus.

Hundreds of Singapore Airlines passengers left stranded in Azerbaijan after their Airbus A380 was forced to make an emergency landing were collected on Tuesday by a replacement superjumbo.

Azerbaijan on Tuesday sentenced award-winning investigative journalist and anti-graft campaigner Khadija Ismayilova to seven and a half years in jail on corruption charges she denounced as trumped-up, her lawyer said.

Prosecutors in Azerbaijan today raided the offices of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's local service, according to its Director who condemned the move as a crackdown on free media in the tightly-controlled Caucasus nation.

A court in Azerbaijan on Monday sentenced a prominent rights activist to six years in jail for hooliganism and possession of a knife, his lawyer said, denouncing the charges as bogus.

Hundreds of Singapore Airlines passengers left stranded in Azerbaijan after their Airbus A380 was forced to make an emergency landing were collected on Tuesday by a replacement superjumbo.