My fiancee, Ulviyya Ali, bravely reported on Azerbaijan’s human rights abuses for Voice of America for years. This made her a target of the Azerbaijani government. Today, she sits in prison, silenced and cut off from the outside world.
The U.S. has the power to help restore her freedom. The question is, does it have the will?
Since the founding of Voice of America, the U.S. government entrusted it with a clear mission: “telling audiences the truth.” Ulviyya has always believed deeply in this mission, even at great personal risk. In Azerbaijan, a country that ranks among the Top 10 most repressive regimes for press freedom, she reported on flagrant human rights abuses, filling a vital role as one of the country’s last remaining independent journalists.
