Consideration of appeal of Taleh Hasmamedov is postponed again

Consideration  of the appeal of the defender  Taleh Hasmamedov, scheduled  for  today in Shirvan Court of Appeal, was postponed  for October 9, according to  a public defender, co-founder of the NGO "Azerbaijan has no political prisoners," Oktay Gyulalyev.

The judge said that under the new rules, notice of the court is enough for the delivery of the arrested to the court, and requires a special solution. Gyulalyev described the judge's actions as a violation of the law, because the relatives and lawyer of the arrested were not informed about it.

Gyulalyev drew attention to the unreasonable delay in the consideration of the appeal. The first meeting in Shirvan Court of Appeal took place on 10 July, and then  the trial was  suspended  for two months.

The political nature of the persecution  of Hasmamedov  was recognized at the international level, said Gyulalyev. So,  the International organization Amnesty International called on to release the human rights activist. In addition,  he was included the list of political prisoners

drawn up by the rapporteur of PACE Christopher Strasser.

* Khasmamedov was arrested in November 2011 and was sentenced on April 20 by Goychay Court to four years of imprisonment under the Article 221.3 (hooliganism) and 315.1 (providing resistance to the police.)

Khasmamedov believes that the charges against him were  fabricated by the leadership  of Ujar police. The reason for this has become the protection of the right of  the  journalist Fuad Huseynov, who was  also convicted on trumped-up charges for the publication  about the  links  of the local police with  the criminal syndicate involved in drug trafficking and human trafficking.–06B--