Baku. Etibar Mammadov – APA. Leyla Yunus, the imprisoned director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), has been moved to Baku Investigation Isolator’s medical facility.
L.Yunus’ lawyer Echin Gambarov told the aforesaid to APA. According to him, L.Yunus was moved to the medical facility last week.
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 court has sentenced Leyla Yunus to 8 years and 6 months in prison and her husband, Arif Yunus, to 7 years in prison.
The criminal case on Leyla and Arif Yunus under article #274 (treason) has been sent to a separate trial.
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