Azerbaijan is hosting the European Games this year but has a poor track record on transparency and human rights. Several journalists and activists have been imprisoned on false charges including Anar Mammadli, Leyla Yunus, Emin Huseynov, Rasul Jafarov, and Khadija Ismayilova who recently won an award for freedom of writing. A US diplomat previously described Azerbaijan's government as a corrupt "mafia state" similar to the family in The Godfather films.