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Feb 7 2015
Khadija Ismayil's Letter from Jail: Unless We Keep Fighting...
Khadija Ismayil:
BAKU. February 7, 2015: Khadija Ismayil, Azerbajani journalist
imprisoned for her journalist investigations into the Azerbaijani
president Ilham Ailyev's family business has written a letter from
jail. The letter has been published by the local Azerbaijani newspaper
"Azadlig" on February 3. Below is the English translation of the
letter:
My dears! I am good. No worries. I do not know how to express my
gratitude to you for the support you provided to me and my family.
Now the important thing is to continue the struggle. I am not aware of
how my colleagues at the radio (the Azerbaijani office of the Radio
Liberty which has also been shut down by the Azerbaijani government -
ed.) build and do their work. However, I am confident that wherever
they are they will work honestly to keep the Azerbaijai people
informed.
It is important to continue the activity both inside and outside of
the country. Another possibility is to surrender the country to the
robbers and then shake head from afar. But we will not be able to
silence our conscience for handing the country to lies and servileness
without a fight, unless we keep fighting until we draw our last
breath. But there are also thousands of nameless heroes in this
country who fight and either win or lose in their small daily
struggle. They need an example of heroes who fought under the same
conditions, in the same place. And as long as there are examples, the
right cause will win.
"Azadlig" newspaper deserves a big gratitude for the exemplary service
it provides in the fight of the good against the evil. Thank you,
friends!
There must also be some pessimist friends who probably say "everything
is over, nothing will get right". There were times, when I was also a
pessimist. However, I always had the principles to guide me through
this: "The success story is not about changing the governments, but
about the examples you set".
We all - you, we and all of us write the success story. Since we' are
not broken, we did not lose.
I hope you will forgive my long silence. After previous letter I had
written I was placed in a solitary confinement. But again, I continued
writing. After all these, there was a search in my cell and they took
all the written papers they could find with my handwriting, including
the list of the things I wanted to be sent to me from home. They also
seized sseveral letters which I intended to send out via the post
service of the Penitentiary Office. The seized items have not been
returned to me yet. Most probably, I have many readers at the
Penitentiary service, and not all of them have finished reading my
papers.
I receive the local newspapers with delay and rarely, too. I asked to
bring me my subscribed newspapers, I suggested subscribing them to the
newspapers I read, too, but it did not work. Well, I read them when I
can. My family members are still not allowed to see me. So, I have
little information from outside. But again, there are books I read and
translate, one of them for you, it is called the "Children of the
Cacaranda tree" by Delijani, which is about the fight of two
generations who face tragedies in their fight against the regime in
Iran.
We can openly see the fight among the supporters of West and Russia
within the government in Azerbaijani TV channels. To be fair, ANS TV
fights its lonely fight against the fifth column of Russia within the
Azerbaijani government.
ANS cautiously tries to respond to those Russian supporters who have
manufactured the absurd assertion that "On January 20 (of 1990-ed.)
the US made the Russian army to invade (Baku-ed.)" In order to do
that, ANS tries to stretch some of the sentences taken frmo the speech
of the Azerbaijani president and then interpret it in a way suggesting
that Russia was an agressor in that situation. Under the current
circumstances of censorship, this can even be regarded as a brave
step. However, I do not believe in the effectiveness of this approach.
Just because, it is an apprent fact that Ilham Aliyev never dared to
openly accuse Russia for its direct participation in Khojaly massacre,
that he never expressed his concern for the Russian role in the events
of January 20, occupation of the territories, Russian supplies of
weaponry to Armenia and he never dared to challenge Russia in any
other issue .
There are more superficial reasons why official Baku is so obedient to
Moscow apart "from the balanced policy approach". President Ilham
Aliyev's both two daughters have married Russian citizens. Virgin
Island companies (Khadija Ismayil's journalist investigations showed
that the corrupt funds of the president Aliyev's family was
transferred to the bank accounts in Virgin islands - ed.) have also
been established via the law firm in Moscow. At the time of the
collapse of the Russian economy, they continue investing the money
they have earned in Azerbaijan in Russian banks where they are
shareholders. The links tying the incumbent regime to Russia have
nothing to do with our national interest. Prior to the presidential
elections in Azerbaijan, Putin visited Baku with the military vessel
and he was here to support Ilham Aliyev in person, not the Azerbaijani
people.
Protests against Russia in Armenia, cooling in relations was extremely
instructive incident. Armenia seems to drop lifeboats into the water
from the sunken Russian ship. Instead, Azerbaijan sends applause to
Russia and curse to West.
The rescue of drowned is up to those who are drowning. The important
thing is not to allow the country to sink together with those who are
being drowned. -0-
Khadija, Kurdakhani, February 2015
(Azeri Report)
http://azerireport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4511&Ite mid=48
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Feb 7 2015
Khadija Ismayil's Letter from Jail: Unless We Keep Fighting...
Khadija Ismayil:
BAKU. February 7, 2015: Khadija Ismayil, Azerbajani journalist
imprisoned for her journalist investigations into the Azerbaijani
president Ilham Ailyev's family business has written a letter from
jail. The letter has been published by the local Azerbaijani newspaper
"Azadlig" on February 3. Below is the English translation of the
letter:
My dears! I am good. No worries. I do not know how to express my
gratitude to you for the support you provided to me and my family.
Now the important thing is to continue the struggle. I am not aware of
how my colleagues at the radio (the Azerbaijani office of the Radio
Liberty which has also been shut down by the Azerbaijani government -
ed.) build and do their work. However, I am confident that wherever
they are they will work honestly to keep the Azerbaijai people
informed.
It is important to continue the activity both inside and outside of
the country. Another possibility is to surrender the country to the
robbers and then shake head from afar. But we will not be able to
silence our conscience for handing the country to lies and servileness
without a fight, unless we keep fighting until we draw our last
breath. But there are also thousands of nameless heroes in this
country who fight and either win or lose in their small daily
struggle. They need an example of heroes who fought under the same
conditions, in the same place. And as long as there are examples, the
right cause will win.
"Azadlig" newspaper deserves a big gratitude for the exemplary service
it provides in the fight of the good against the evil. Thank you,
friends!
There must also be some pessimist friends who probably say "everything
is over, nothing will get right". There were times, when I was also a
pessimist. However, I always had the principles to guide me through
this: "The success story is not about changing the governments, but
about the examples you set".
We all - you, we and all of us write the success story. Since we' are
not broken, we did not lose.
I hope you will forgive my long silence. After previous letter I had
written I was placed in a solitary confinement. But again, I continued
writing. After all these, there was a search in my cell and they took
all the written papers they could find with my handwriting, including
the list of the things I wanted to be sent to me from home. They also
seized sseveral letters which I intended to send out via the post
service of the Penitentiary Office. The seized items have not been
returned to me yet. Most probably, I have many readers at the
Penitentiary service, and not all of them have finished reading my
papers.
I receive the local newspapers with delay and rarely, too. I asked to
bring me my subscribed newspapers, I suggested subscribing them to the
newspapers I read, too, but it did not work. Well, I read them when I
can. My family members are still not allowed to see me. So, I have
little information from outside. But again, there are books I read and
translate, one of them for you, it is called the "Children of the
Cacaranda tree" by Delijani, which is about the fight of two
generations who face tragedies in their fight against the regime in
Iran.
We can openly see the fight among the supporters of West and Russia
within the government in Azerbaijani TV channels. To be fair, ANS TV
fights its lonely fight against the fifth column of Russia within the
Azerbaijani government.
ANS cautiously tries to respond to those Russian supporters who have
manufactured the absurd assertion that "On January 20 (of 1990-ed.)
the US made the Russian army to invade (Baku-ed.)" In order to do
that, ANS tries to stretch some of the sentences taken frmo the speech
of the Azerbaijani president and then interpret it in a way suggesting
that Russia was an agressor in that situation. Under the current
circumstances of censorship, this can even be regarded as a brave
step. However, I do not believe in the effectiveness of this approach.
Just because, it is an apprent fact that Ilham Aliyev never dared to
openly accuse Russia for its direct participation in Khojaly massacre,
that he never expressed his concern for the Russian role in the events
of January 20, occupation of the territories, Russian supplies of
weaponry to Armenia and he never dared to challenge Russia in any
other issue .
There are more superficial reasons why official Baku is so obedient to
Moscow apart "from the balanced policy approach". President Ilham
Aliyev's both two daughters have married Russian citizens. Virgin
Island companies (Khadija Ismayil's journalist investigations showed
that the corrupt funds of the president Aliyev's family was
transferred to the bank accounts in Virgin islands - ed.) have also
been established via the law firm in Moscow. At the time of the
collapse of the Russian economy, they continue investing the money
they have earned in Azerbaijan in Russian banks where they are
shareholders. The links tying the incumbent regime to Russia have
nothing to do with our national interest. Prior to the presidential
elections in Azerbaijan, Putin visited Baku with the military vessel
and he was here to support Ilham Aliyev in person, not the Azerbaijani
people.
Protests against Russia in Armenia, cooling in relations was extremely
instructive incident. Armenia seems to drop lifeboats into the water
from the sunken Russian ship. Instead, Azerbaijan sends applause to
Russia and curse to West.
The rescue of drowned is up to those who are drowning. The important
thing is not to allow the country to sink together with those who are
being drowned. -0-
Khadija, Kurdakhani, February 2015
(Azeri Report)
http://azerireport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4511&Ite mid=48
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress