Elmar Sabir oglu Huseynov (17 July 1967 – 2 March 2005) was an independent
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...
i journalist, widely known for his criticism of Azerbaijani authorities, especially incumbent president
Ilham Aliyev and his father and predecessor
Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Az ...
.
He was murdered in March 2005, and it is believed that his murder was ordered by government officials.
Life
Elmar Huseynov was born in 1967 in
Baku and educated as an engineer at the
Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction
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.
He began his journalistic career in the 1990s, first writing in a
Russian
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daily newspaper in Azerbaijan titled ''Zerkalo'' and then as the editor-in-chief of a weekly called ''Alver''. In 1996, he created a press agency called ''Trend'' and
''Monitor''. In 1998 he was convicted for "insulting the nation" and being unable to pay the fine, was forced to close the ''Monitor''. In August 1998, he opened the ''Baku boulevard''. In November 1999, he also published the weekly ''Baku news'', which was closed after eight editions. In February 2000, he became the editor of the ''Weekly monitor''. The ''Baku boulevard'' was closed on September 4 by court order. Huseynov received many awards for his journalism. During his career, he received many threats and was subjected to harassment by authorities ranging up to incarceration.
He was murdered in Baku on 2 March 2005.
See also
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Khadija Ismayilova
Khadija Rovshan qizi Ismayilova, also Ismailova, ( az, Xədicə Rövşən qızı İsmayılova, pronounced ; born 27 May 1976) is an Azerbaijani investigative journalist and radio host who is currently working for the Azerbaijani service of Rad ...
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Eynulla Fatullayev
Eynulla Emin oglu Fatullayev ( az, Eynulla Fətullayev) (born 25 September 1976, Baku) is an Azerbaijani journalist and editor-in-chief of the independent Russian-language weekly ''Realny Azerbaijan'' and Azerbaijani-language daily ''Gündəli ...
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List of journalists killed in Europe
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References
External links
Profile on BBCInvestigators arrest chief murder suspect IFEXEurovision: Former home of Elmar HuseynovBBC4,
Elmar HuseynovCommittee to Protect Journalists
Second Anniversary of Elmar Huseynov’s MurderShahla Ismailova, HRH Baku, June 5, 2007
FBI Case File Shows How Azerbaijan Botched Investigation Into Journalist’s DeathEleanor Rose, 4 March 2021
1967 births
2005 deaths
Journalists from Baku
Azerbaijani murder victims
Assassinated Azerbaijani journalists
Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction alumni
20th-century journalists
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