Kh.Ismaylova does not divulged state secret, expert

The assertions  of the General Prosecutor Office that the journalist  Khadija Ismaylova divulged state secrets  is unfounded, said  Doctor of Laws, professor KHanlar Alekperov.

"In the material published  by Khadija Ismailova  there is no personalized information (i.e. specific data on recruit paid agents,)  and in such situation  this is legally determining factor. Therefore  the material does not carry  a state secret. As  for the information about a specific employee of the Ministry of National Security of the Azerbaijan Republic, who on  the basis of compromising material recruited some members of the opposition as a paid agent , it can not be regarded as disclosure of information constituting a state secret," said the professor.

"Recruitment  of the agent by  operational search bodies (including intelligence,) specific methods and tools such recruitment (including by means of compromising material), etc. , do not constitute a state secret . In the open press, there  are hundreds of thousands of available print and electronic literature, videotapes , etc., which are described in full details ( and  are shown), almost all the existing tools  of intelligence operative search activities and special intelligence agencies of the state.

If we talk about criminal liability for disclosure of information constituting a state secret, then in this case it applies only to a person  who gave the analyzed document  to Khadija Ismailova, said Alekperov. -02В-