Malahat Nasibova is a journalist and human rights activist who was awarded the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize

Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize

The Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize is a human rights award established in the memory of the Norwegian human right activist, Thorolf Rafto.-Organization:...

 in 2009 for her "courageous and unwavering struggle for a free and independent press. Risking her own safety, she reports on abuse of power, human rights violations and corruption in the isolated autonomous republic of Nakhchivan, which is part of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

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