Malahat Nasibova (born March 6, 1969, in Nakhchivan City), is an Azerbaijani journalist and human rights activist who was awarded the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize in 2009 for her "courageous and unwavering struggle for a free and independent press."

Risking her own safety, she reports on abuse of power, human rights violations and corruption in the isolated autonomous republic of Nakhchivan, which is part of Azerbaijan.

She also works as a correspondent with Radio Free Europe, and is the leader of the human rights organization 'Democracy and NGO's Development Resource Center' in Nakhchivan.

Azerbaijan was supposed to cease some of its undemocratic behavior when it became a member of the Council of Europe in 2001, but they have not yet met the conditions and continue to kidnap and imprison people for political reasons.

The ultimate goal of Radio Free Europe, is to combat intolerance by offering listeners access to a source of independent information, but it also acts as a means to connect democratic nations with those of the region.