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June 13 Supreme Court to Consider Journalist Fatullayev’s Appeal

On June 13, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan under the chairmanship of Judge Hafiz Nasibov will consider the appeal of the journalist Eynullah Fatullayev. The journalist’s lawyer, Elchin Sadigov, told Turan about this.

According to him, the appeal was filed in connection with the decision of the Baku Court of Appeals on January 25 to uphold the verdict of the Garadagh district court, which sentenced Fatullayev to 30 months in prison on charges of drug possession.

Fatullayev was convicted twice in 2007 to a total of eight and a half years in prison. In April 2010, the Strasbourg Court declared a violation of his rights and ordered his release. In November, the Supreme Court overturned the verdicts of 2007, but the journalist remained in prison on a new charge of drug possession brought against him in late 2009 Amnesty International considers Fatullayev a “prisoner of conscience”.

Source: http://www.contact.az

On June 13, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan under the chairmanship of Judge Hafiz Nasibov will consider the appeal of the journalist Eynullah Fatullayev. The journalist’s lawyer, Elchin Sadigov, told Turan about this.

According to him, the appeal was filed in connection with the decision of the Baku Court of Appeals on January 25 to uphold the verdict of the Garadagh district court, which sentenced Fatullayev to 30 months in prison on charges of drug possession.

Fatullayev was convicted twice in 2007 to a total of eight and a half years in prison. In April 2010, the Strasbourg Court declared a violation of his rights and ordered his release. In November, the Supreme Court overturned the verdicts of 2007, but the journalist remained in prison on a new charge of drug possession brought against him in late 2009 Amnesty International considers Fatullayev a “prisoner of conscience”.

Source: http://www.contact.az