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Azerbaijani court passes judgment on persons accused of beating American journalist and British human rights defender

31 January 2012 11:20 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports that Judge Elchin Gurbanov presided over the hearing. The court passed a judgment on the defendants. According to the judgment, Nazim Huseynov was sentenced to 4 years in prison, the other defendants to 2 years each.

UK citizen Silvia Davis and US citizen Amanda Ericsson were beaten in Vidadi street, Yasamal district of Baku at 00.20 on the night of June 15-16, 2011. Yasamal district police office launched criminal case on the fact on article 221.2.1 (hooliganism by a group of persons) of the Criminal Code. The investigation found out that it was committed by Adil Tagizadeh, Roman Hasanov, Vusal Gurbanov and Nazim Huseynov, they were detained.

Ericsson and Davis worked in Azerbaijan for the non-governmental organizations and organized trainings for the journalists and civil society activists. Ericsson is also working for The Washington Post and The New York Times.