Talibov said the case of journalist Khadija Ismayilova is going through Azerbaijan’s legal system. As recent events in the United States have shown, legal decisions are not always popular and, in some cases, even spark mass protests, according to the counselor.
Under any circumstances, the process must be respected in Azerbaijan and in the United States, and all citizens, including journalists, should be equal before the laws of the land, according to the article.
“I believe we’d all agree that promotion of human rights and democracy is best done when one leads by example rather than by mentoring,” he said. “This is especially true when the United States speaks to its friends, including
Azerbaijan.”
Talibov added that voicing concern for humanitarian needs of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis displaced as a result of the Armenian occupation would go a long way.
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