Baku opposition newspaper editor sentenced to 8,5 years in prison
An Azeri court has sentenced Eynulla Fatullayev, the editor of Real Azerbaijan and Gundelik Azerbaijan newspapers, to 8 years and 6 months in prison, said Isahan Ashurov, the lawyer of the convicted.
The journalist was accused under articles 214.1 (terrorism threat), 283.2.2 (incitement of national, racial and religious hatred) and 213.2.2 (tax evasion) of the Azeri Penal Code.
April 20, 2007, Fatullayev was given a 2.5-year sentence, which was upheld by the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.
His lawyer described the sentence as "illegal and unjust."
"This sentence is directly connected with the journalist activities of my client. A complaint has been already sent to the European Court of Human Rights," Ashurov said, Day.az reports.
The journalist was accused under articles 214.1 (terrorism threat), 283.2.2 (incitement of national, racial and religious hatred) and 213.2.2 (tax evasion) of the Azeri Penal Code.
April 20, 2007, Fatullayev was given a 2.5-year sentence, which was upheld by the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.
His lawyer described the sentence as "illegal and unjust."
"This sentence is directly connected with the journalist activities of my client. A complaint has been already sent to the European Court of Human Rights," Ashurov said, Day.az reports.
