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Eynulla Fatullayev takes the stand in court

26 April 2010 12:00 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov â€“ APA. Garadagh district court has started hearing on the case of imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev, APA reports that Eynulla Fatullayev took the stand at the hearing presided over by Ismayil Khallilov. Eynulla Fatullayev did not agree with the charges he faced.

The hearing will continue in the second part of the day.

Note that editor-in-chief of Gundalik Azerbayjan and Realny Azerbayjan newspapers Eynulla Fatullayev was arrested by the decision of Yasamal district court on April 20, 2007. He was accused of insulting Khojaly residents in his series of articles â€œKarabakh diaryâ€ and sentenced to two-and-a-half-year imprisonment. Later, he faced additional charges and sentenced to eight-and-a-half-year imprisonment on October 30, 2007.

0.223g heroin was found on Eynulla Fatullayev in jail #12 on December 30, 2009. He faced charges under Article 234.1 (illegal purchase or storage without a purpose of selling of narcotics or psychotropic substances in a quantity (amount) exceeding necessary for personal consumption) of the Criminal Code.

According to the biological, chemical examination, diacetylmorphine (heroin), amphetamine, flunitrazepam were found in the blood and urine samples taken from Eynulla Fatullayev.

According to narcological examination, Eynulla Fatullayev had used diacetylmorphine (heroin), amphetamine and benzodiazepine, but he does not need compulsory treatment as he did not suffer from drug addiction during the examination.