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Supreme Court does not sustain Eynulla Fatullayevâ€™s appeal

28 December 2010 11:15 (UTC +04:00)

Decision of Baku Appeal Court has been kept in the force. A cassation appeal was not sustained.

Note that, on November 5, Baku Appeal Court passed a decision on pre-trial restrictions of Fatullayev again.

Remind 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 8,5 years 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.

European Court of Human Rights passed decisions on other cases related to Fatullayev.