Lobbyist’s Call for West to Champion Azerbaijan is Deceitful and Dangerous When I saw former Rep. Dan Burton’s column about wonderful Azerbaijan in the Washington Times today, I wanted to read it right away to my friend Khadija Ismayilova, a journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Baku. But I couldn’t. That same Azerbaijan government Rep. Burton praises as so tolerant and devoted to democracy imprisoned her two months ago.