Official: Azerbaijan Media Crackdown Threatens Ties With U.S.

Investigative journalist and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova is being held in pretrial detention in Azerbaijan on charges widely considered to be politically motivated. Tom Malinowski, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, told RFE/RL's Shahida Yakub in an interview that Baku's "crackdown on civil society" jeopardizes its ties with Washington. (RFE/RL/Current Time)