In Azerbaijan, investigative journalist, former political prisoner, and Radio Free Europe contributor Khadija Ismayilova told a US congressional hearing of the harsh conditions faced by journalists who report on high-level corruption, saying, ‘There are no laws which state that journalism is a crime - but where critical journalism is concerned, it is difficult to enforce the rule of law.’ 138 political prisoners are in Azerbaijani prisons. In Belarus a blacklisted rock star who uses music to fight censorship has been given a Freemuse award for promoting freedom of expression through music (awarded annually by a Swedish organisation which advocates and defends freedom of expression). In Crimea, Mykola Semena, who contributes to a Crimea Realities website, was charged under the Russian criminal code after he wrote an article saying that Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, should be returned to Ukraine. He is currently under house arrest in Simferopol.