The Center for Monitoring Political Prisoners issued a statement cxalling on to hold the investigation and trial of human rights defenders Leila Yunus and gross procedural violations.
The statement of the Center received stated that even during the preliminary investigation were rejected all legitimate defense motions, and three lawyers - Alaif Hasanov, Javad Javadov and Khalid Bagirov were unjustifiably dismissed.
The lawsuit from the beginning is accompanied by gross procedural violations, limited access to meetings of civil society, the media, international organizations and diplomats. "All of this suggests the illegal intervention of high-ranking officials of the state apparatus, pressure on the investigative and judicial authorities," reads the statement.
The statement demands from the authorities to put an end to arbitrariness against spouses Yunus, observe their constitutional rights, and respect for the dignity of prisoners.
* Monitoring Center of Political Prisoners was set up in October 2014 by a group of former "prisoners of conscience." The organization is led by the human rights activist Elshan Hasanov. -06D-
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