A lawyer Elton Guliyev called the charges against Ismaylova absurd. "The accusation is absolutely absurd, and is put forward on the basis of absurd assumptions. The court's decision is illegal, and is connected with the journalist activities Ismaylova," said the lawyer after the court session. Ismayilova was taken away in a black "Mercedes". Her supporters chanted "Khadija!" -06D--
2014 December 05 (Friday) 19:12:08
Sabail District Court chose in respect of Khadija Ismailova preventive measure - arrest for two months. She was charged under Article 125 (bringing to suicide.) Ismayilova has been arrested in the case in connection with the attempted suicide of journalist Tural Mustafayev.
According to Mustafayev, the investigation concluded that Ismaylova drove him to attempt suicide.
"The investigation is ongoing. I have given a subscription about non-disclosure confidentiality of the investigation. So I cannot say anything about my testimony. After completion of the investigation, I will make comments to the press," said Mustafayev meydan.tv.
According to Ismayilova’s acquaintances,Mustafayev allegedly testified that Ismaylova fired him from his job in the Azerbaijani service of "Radio Liberty." However, Ismayilova led the Baku office of the Azerbaijani service of "Radio Liberty" in 2008-2010, and after that she was just an announcer of the program.—16/06D--
2014 December 05 (Friday) 15:31:01
Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova today was summoned to the Prosecutor's Office of Baku, and from there was taken to the Sabail court, which is expected to take preventive measure against her, according to a lawyer Elton Guliyev. But he did not pecify the reason for summoning to the prosecutor , referring to his busyness. The lawyer did not exclude that Ismailova may be arrested.
The journalist asked the family members to bring clothes and medicines. According to "Radio Azadlig", Ismayilova was summoned for questioning in the case of a citizen Tural Mustafayev, attempted suicide. However, it is not clear how Ismayilova may be connected with it.
Earlier in March-April 2014, Ismayilova was questioned in the case "of disclosing state secrets" because of her publication in the Facebook which dealt with the recruitment of representative of the opposition by secret services. -16D-
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