Elmar Sabir oglu Huseynov (17 July 1967 – 2 March 2005) was an independent

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i journalist, widely known for his criticism of Azerbaijani authorities, especially incumbent president

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and his father and predecessor

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. 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

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and educated as an engineer at the

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. He began his journalistic career in the 1990s, first writing in a

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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.

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Profile on BBC
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Eurovision: Former home of Elmar Huseynov
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Committee to Protect Journalists
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FBI Case File Shows How Azerbaijan Botched Investigation Into Journalist’s Death
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Life

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