11 Year after Murder of Journalist Elmar Huseynov, Impunity Still Prevails in Azerbaijan
The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) condemns the Azerbaijani authorities for their failure to apprehend those behind the murder of journalist Elmar Huseynov, 11 years after his death.
An ardent critic of the current government, the Editor-in-Chief of Monitor magazine, Elmar Huseynov, was shot dead on the doorstep of his home on March 2, 2005.
‘The murder of Elmar Huseynov marked a turning point for the civil society in Azerbaijan, clearly demonstrating the cost of criticizing the regime and the prevailing culture of impunity’, said IRFS Director...