The campaign to collect signatures for a petition calling on President Ilham Aliyev to release immediately and restore the rights of the arrested editor of "Khural" Avaz Zeynalli started Tuesday.
In the briefing in the Media Center on the launch of the campaign, the head of the Institute for Reporters Freedom and Safety Emin Huseynov said that the signatures on a petition can put any citizen. The collection of signatures is conducted on Facebook, by Email, and in the printed version.
The text of the petition reads: "Mr. President, I urge you to immediately release and restore the rights of the editor of the newspaper" Khural "Avaz Zeynalli. Avaz Zeynalli faces 12 years in prison on charges of extorting bribes from the former deputy Gular Akhmedova. At the same time, the video clip, in which Akhmedova requires from the former Rector of the International University Elshad Abdullayev a bribe of $ 1 million for the election of a deputy, took over all the country's media. It is time to cancel the charges against Zeynalli and pay him a compensation for moral and material losses."
The collection of signatures for the petition will be held 10 days, and then the document to the President.
Avaz Zeynalli was arrested on a false denunciation by the now former MP Gular Akhmedova, who claimed she had been blackmailing and extortion by Zeynalli.
Based on her statements, October 28, 2011 the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case under Article 311.3.3 (bribery in the large size) and 311.3.4 (bribery by intimidation). But at the trial, which has not yet been completed, the prosecution presented evidence against Zeynalli.
Now Akhmedova has become a subject of corruption herself. Last week, she was derived from the ranks of the ruling party New Azerbaijan and deprived of parliamentary powers. Prosecutor General's Office opened a criminal case under Article 178.3.2 (fraud) of the Criminal Code for receiving a large bribe from the former Rector of the International University Elshad Abdullayev in order to carry out his illegal election to the Parliament. -0 -
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