Azerbaijani human rights activists allowed to leave country![]() April 19, 2016 - 16:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani human rights activists Leyla Yunus and her husband, Arif Yunus, reached the Netherlands after being allowed to leave Azerbaijan, RFE/RL reported Tuesday, April 19. According to Dutch media reports, their daughter, Dinara Yunus, met her parents at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on April 19. Last month, the Court of Appeals in Baku ruled that the couple could not travel to Europe due to their suspended prison terms. Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunus were sentenced to 8 1/2 and 7 years in prison, respectively, in August 2015 for alleged economic crimes. They were released on health grounds late last year and their imprisonment sentences reduced to suspended sentences. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |