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Appeal filed against court decision on Leyla and Arif Yunus case

03 September 2015 09:34 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Shahriyar Alizadeh – APA. An appeal was filed against the court decision on the case of Leyla Yunus, the imprisoned director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), and her husband Arif Yunus, Leyla’s lawyer Elchin Gambarov told APA.

Arif’s lawyer Afghan Gambaravo said they also made an appeal against the court decision. “I met with Yunus, and his state is normal. There are no complaints about the conditions of detention,” the lawyer said.

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.

Baku Court of Grave Crimes sentenced Leyla Yunus to eight years and six months in prison and Arif Yunus to seven years in prison.