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Hearing on appeal by Leyla and Arif Yunus postponed

12 October 2015 13:02 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Shahriyar Alizadeh – APA. The preliminary hearing scheduled for Today on the appeal filed by Leyla Yunus, the imprisoned director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), and her husband Arif Yunus against the court verdict has been postponed.

At the hearing presided over by judge Vuqar Mammadov, Leyla Yunus said she was unable to look through the appeal because she has been presented the Russian translation of her appeal today.

The hearing has been rescheduled for October 15.

A criminal case was launched against Leyla Yunus under articles #274 (treason), 178.3.2 (fraud with causing damage in the large size), 192.2.2 (illegal business with extraction of income in the large size), 213.2.2 (tax evasion with causing damage in large amount), 320.1 (Fake of certificate or other official document giving the rights or releasing from duties, with a view of its use or selling of such document, as well as manufacturing in same purposes or selling of counterfeit state awards of the Azerbaijan Republic, stamps, seals, forms) and 320.2 (use of obviously counterfeit documents provided in article 320.1) of the Criminal Code. Arif Yunus was arrested on 5 August 2014 over charges under articles #178.3.2 (fraud with causing damage in the large size) and 274 (treason) of the Criminal Code.

The Baku Court on Grave Crimes sentenced Leyla Yunus to eight years and six months in prison and Arif Yunus to seven years in prison. The verdict also included the seizure of their property and transferring of their funds in banks to state account.