April 19, 2016 - 16:29 AMT
Azerbaijani human rights activists allowed to leave country

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.