Hearing postponed due Arif Yunus’s health problem

Hearing postponed due Arif Yunus’s health problem
# 03 August 2015 11:23 (UTC +04:00)

At the hearing presided over by judge Afgan Hajiyev, head of Citizen's Labor Rights Protection League (CLRPL) Sahib Mammadov gave testimony as a witness.

Sahib Mammadov said that his relation with Leyla Yunus deteriorated since 2001. “The project on the establishment of the Institute for Peace and Democracy was approved in 1995. I also attended the process. The Institute for Peace and Democracy functioned as a project operator several times. I traveled to Armenia in 2002. Leyla Yunus was not among us,” he said.

While Sahib Mammadov was giving a testimony, Arif Yunus’s situation deteriorated. They called for ambulance, an hour break was announced at the hearing.

The hearing was not continued after the break. Lawyer Elchin Gambarov said that as Arif Yunus’s situation didn’t normalize, the hearing will be continued tomorrow.

A criminal case was launched against Leyla Yunus under articles #274 (treason), 178.3.2 (fraud with causing damage in the large size), 192.2.2 (illegal business with extraction of income in the large size), 213.2.2 (tax evasion with causing damage in large amount), 320.1 (Fake of certificate or other official document giving the rights or releasing from duties, with a view of its use or selling of such document, as well as manufacturing in same purposes or selling of counterfeit state awards of the Azerbaijan Republic, stamps, seals, forms) and 320.2 (use of obviously counterfeit documents provided in article 320.1) of the Criminal Code. Arif Yunus was arrested on 5 August 2014 over charges under articles #178.3.2 (fraud with causing damage in the large size) and 274 (treason) of the Criminal Code.

The criminal case on Leyla and Arif Yunus under article #274 (treason) has been sent to a separate trial. The Baku Court of Grave Crimes is currently considering the cases on fraud and other crimes.

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