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Eynulla Fatullayevâ€™s hearing postponed by September 17

07 September 2010 08:58 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Shahriyar Alizadeh â€“ APA. Baku Appeals Court held a preliminary hearing on imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayevâ€™s appeal. APA reports that the hearing was presided by judge Mirpasha Huseynov. Eynulla Fatullayev again asked time to familiarize himself with the protocols of the hearing held in Garadagh district court. The court took his request into consideration.

The defendant also said the representatives of about ten international organizations wanted to meet with him and asked court to offer opportunities for it. Judge said it was in the competence of the Justice Ministryâ€™s Penitentiary Service.

The hearing has been postponed by September 17.

Eynulla Fatullayev also appealed to court to ensure his meeting with his family every week. The judge said his appeal would be considered.

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.

On April 22 European Court of Human Rights considered the appeal of imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev against Azerbaijan. According to the judgment, the European Court demanded immediate release of the journalist grounding that the articles of the Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms were violated during the consideration of the criminal cases on Eynulla Fatullayev. The Azerbaijani government was dissatisfied with the judgment of the European Court and appealed to the Grand Chamber.

On July 6, Garadagh district court sentenced Eynulla Fatullayev to two-and-a-half-year imprisonment. Fatullayev filed an appeal against the decision of the district court.