On September 12 the Sabail District Court arrested Parviz Hashimly, employee of "Bizim Yol" newspaper and the head of the site «Moderator.az» to two months. Currently, he is kept in the pre-trial jail of the Ministry of National Security, according to the lawyer, Elchin Sadigov.
According to the lawyer, the court specified three months of arrest, but the court sanctioned the arrest for two months. Elchin Sadigov said that he met today with Parviz Hashimly who does not agree with the charges against him. He connects his arrest with professional and advocacy work. Hashimly also said violence acts were against him yesterday during arrest.
The lawyer said that he is preparing an appeal against the decision of Sabail court.
Parviz Hashimly is charged under two Articles of the Criminal Code: 206.3.2 (smuggling) and 228.2.1 (storage, carrying, possession of firearms.) -16D-
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