Posts Tagged ‘azerbaijan’
March 19th, 2010
Imprisoned newspaper editor
Eynulla Fatullayev has
lost an appeal (http://www NULL.ifex NULL.org/azerbaijan/2007/10/30/outspoken_editor_eynulla_fatullayev/) against his drugs conviction. Baku Appellate Court dismissed Fatullayev’s plea to have his sentence reduced by two months. Fatullayev had the term of his
detention prolonged by eight weeks earlier this month when 0.223 grams of heroin was found during his cell. In October 2007,
Fatullayev, then editor of the central Asian country’s two largest independent newspapers, Gundelik Azerbaijan and Reakniy Azerbaijan, was
sentenced to 8.5 years in prison (http://www NULL.freemedia NULL.at/singleview/2064/) for terrorism and other charges. Human Rights Watch said that this reflected growing hostility from the state towards freedom of expression. Fatullayev has been supported by a number of media rights campaigners in Azerbaijan since his arrest, including the chair of the Media Rights Institute Rashid Hajili, who has been
nominated for the Law and Campaigning Award at this years Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards.
February 15th, 2010
Laws were revised late last Friday
forbidding journalists from filming, recording or photographing subjects (http://en NULL.apa NULL.az/news NULL.php?id=115969) without their express permission. Parliamentarian Panah Huseynov claims this is a move to restrict the freedom of press and announced he would appeal to the courts regarding the law. Several prominent newspaper editors, including the former editor of the Russian-language weekly Real Azerbaijan, Eynulla Fatullayev, are now serving
prison sentences (http://www NULL.hurriyetdailynews NULL.com/n NULL.php?n=azerbaijan-passes-law-further-restricting-media-2010-02-14) on charges that critics claim are politically motivated.
February 5th, 2010
Newspaper editor
Ayyub Karimov (http://www NULL.rferl NULL.org/content/Azerbaijani_Journalist_Convicted_Of_Libel/1949038 NULL.html) has been given a 18-month suspended sentence after being convicted of libelling the interior minister Ramil Usubov. Ububov claimed articles printed in the Azadlyg and Femida 007 newspapers were inaccurate and damaged his dignity and honour, citing article 147.2 of the criminal code, slander by accusal of committing grave crimes. The
minister’s lawyer (http://en NULL.apa NULL.az/news NULL.php?id=115306) demanded a two-year prison sentence and is considering appealing the sentence. Karimov has also vowed to appeal the verdict.
January 6th, 2010
Imprisoned newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev has been charged with drugs offences after Azerbaijani authorities claim to have found heroin in his cell. After brief court session it has been ruled that he should stand under the new charge. This fresh accusation comes as the European Court of Human Rights deliberates his case.
Read more
here (http://cpj NULL.org/2010/01/fatullayev-to-be-tried-on-new-charge-in-azerbaijan NULL.php)
November 25th, 2009
The imprisonment of two online activists shows the battle for democracy is increasingly fought online, says Vugar Gojayev
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November 13th, 2009
Bloggers Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli were sentenced on 11 November to two years and two-and-a-half years in prison respectively. Human rights groups and analysts believe the sentences are politically motivated, and that the they were sentenced on trumped-up charges. Before the incident and their subsequent arrest, the bloggers had criticised the government through a satirical video posted online featuring a donkey giving a press conference. The bloggers’ lawyer Isakhan Ashurov said that they were planning an appeal, and would take the case to the European Court of Human Rights if necessary. (Hurriyet Daily News/AFP)
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September 18th, 2009
The trial of Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli, the two Azerbaijani bloggers facing charges of “hooliganism” and “deliberate physical violence”, resumed yesterday. Supporters gathered outside the courtroom where the hearing was taking place were arrested, and although representatives from the European Council and foreign embassies attended the hearing, journalists and representatives from human rights organisations were denied access.
August 26th, 2009
An additional charge of “intentional physical violence” have been brought against Adnan Hadji Zadeh and Emin Milli, two bloggers who have been held on a hooliganism charge since July in Azerbaijan. The new charge carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison, in addition to the five years they are already facing for hooliganism. Read more here (http://en NULL.apa NULL.az/news NULL.php?id=106563)
