Acclaimed investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova describes her efforts to uncover corruption in Azerbaijan and the state-sponsored blackmail, and then imprisonment, she suffered. Khadija has been represented by an international coalition of lawyers:Amal Clooney(Doughty Street Chambers), Alinda Vermeer(Media Legal Defence Initiative),Yalchin ImanovandFariz Namazov. (This episode was originally published in March 2018.)The Caviar Connection, a documentary featuring Khadija, is screening this week in person and online at the DOC NYC Film Festival.

Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb in October 2017 while reporting on corruption in Malta. Roberto Montalto, her lawyer, describes her courage, her work and the loss of a Maltese institution.

Peter Humphrey and his wife were well-respected compliance professionals active in China when they were arrested, tried and imprisoned for two years.

Bill Browder describes the brazen fraud and violence of Putin&rsquos Russia, the death of Sergei Magnitsky, and the passage of the Magnitsky Act.