Elmar Sabir oglu Huseynov (17 July 1967 – 2 March 2005) was an independent
Azerbaijani journalist, widely known for his criticism of Azerbaijani authorities, especially incumbent president
Ilham Aliyev
Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003.
The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...
and his father and predecessor
Heydar Aliyev.
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
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
and educated as an engineer at the
Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction.
He began his journalistic career in the 1990s, first writing in a
Russian 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
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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 ''Gündəlik ...
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List of journalists killed in Europe
References
External links
Profile on BBCInvestigators arrest chief murder suspect
IFEX
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Eurovision: Former home of Elmar Huseynov
BBC4,
Elmar Huseynov
Committee to Protect Journalists
Second Anniversary of Elmar Huseynov’s Murder
Shahla Ismailova, HRH Baku, June 5, 2007
FBI Case File Shows How Azerbaijan Botched Investigation Into Journalist’s Death
Eleanor 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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