The General Prosecutor’s Office media service reported to AzerTAG that the General Prosecutor’s Office has launched a criminal case under Article 156 (violation of the privacy of personal life). Baku City Prosecutor’s Office has been charged with investigating the case.
On March 7th, investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova received an envelope in the mail containing intimate photos and a threatening note. On March 13th the official newspaper of the ruling party, Yeni Azerbaijan, issued a long attacking article entitled “Khadija Ismayilova as she looks and is.” A day later, an intimate video of Ismayilova taken with a hidden camera was posted on a newly created web site designed to mirror the website of the opposition Yeni Musavat newspaper.