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Lawyer who will represent Azerbaijan in European Court hearing on Eynulla Fatullayev familiarized with materials

09 January 2010 10:39 (UTC +04:00)

The lawyer told APA that Judge of the European Court from Azerbaijan Khanlar Hajiyev refused to attend the hearing on case of Eynulla Huseynov. Azerbaijani side nominated Latif Huseynov as the judge who will attend the hearing.

Court of Grave Crimes sentenced Eynulla Fatullayev to eight-and-a-half-year imprisonment. The editor-in-chief faced charges under Articles 214 (terror threat), 283.2.2 (excitation of national, racial or religious hostility by person with use of the service position) and 213 .2.2 (evasion from payment of taxes with extraction in large amount of income) of the Criminal Code. Baku Appeals Court upheld the decision of the Court of Grave Crimes.

Earlier, Yasamal district court had sentenced Eynulla Fatullayev to two-and-a-half-year imprisonment basing on the suit of Tatyana Chaladze, head of the Committee Defending rights of Refugees and IDPs. The journalist was accused of insulting Khojaly residents in his series of articles â€œKarabakh diaryâ€.

The European Court will consider both appeals simultaneously.