Activist who left NIDA Movement for the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party (YAP) is arrested

Former member of the youth movement NIDA, Elsever Mursalli,  has been   sentenced to three months imprisonment  by the decision of Sumgayit Court of Appeal on a charge of insulting. According to "Azadlig" radio referring to the lawyer Jeyhun Yusifov, who represents the interests of the plaintiff, the complaint was filed in the court by a singer Matanat Asadova.  The singer claimed that the activist insulted her in social networks, and requested to convict him under  the Article 148 of the Criminal Code (insult). What exactly is an insult, is not reported. Initially, the court of Khachmaz region partially upheld the complaint of the singer, and the  activist was convicted to six  months imprisonment. However, the plaintiff did not agree and filed an appeal.  The Judge Nabiyev Hussein passed a sentence of imprisonment  for  three months, and the  activist, was arrested in the courtroom and sent to jail Kurdakhani. In  2014 Mursalli was pardoned  by the  head of state, after having been convicted for taking part in youth protests in March 2013. Upon his release,  he stated about leaving the opposition NIDA Movement, and joined the ruling party YAP.-03D-