Fikret Huseynli arrested for 18 days

Baku / 17.10.17 / Turan: Boryspil city court of Kiev today arrested for 18 days the Azerbaijani journalist, Dutch citizen Fikret Huseynli, said his lawyer Dmitry Mazurok. Huseynli was detained on October 14 in the morning on departure from Kiev to Dusseldorf at the request of Azerbaijan. He is accused of fraud and illegal crossing of the border. The protection of the journalist is provided by the Ukrainian Helsinki Public Association for Human Rights.

According to the lawyer, Huseynli will stay in the detention center in Kiev for 18 days.

Protection does not agree with the decision of the court. According to the lawyer, Huseynli was to be immediately released and provided for his return to the country of which he is a citizen. The decision of the court will be appealed in a very short time.

At the same time, the lawyer noted that the current process failed to provide the necessary information that Huseynli, was persecuted because of his professional activities, for political reasons, and was granted asylum in the Netherlands.

"The Consulate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands before the meeting of the Court of Appeal will present this information," said the lawyer. -06D-