Baku / 03.08.17 / Turan: An appeal was filed against the decision of the Imishli district court, which sentenced the correspondent of the newspaper Gundem Khabar Mahbub Zulfugarly to five months of arrest.
The complaint was filed by the journalist"s lawyer Azer Rasul, the human rights activist Ogtay Gulaliyev, campaigning in defense of Zulfugarly, told Turan.
Recall that the journalist was sentenced to imprisonment on July 6 by Judge Ulvi Gambarov, who recognized Zulfugarly as guilty under Article 147.1 (slander).
Gulaliyev believes the arrest of the journalist is connected with his critical publications. The journalist was tried without a lawyer and was not even allowed to speak with the last word.
Family members of Zulfugarly reported that Mahbub was brought to trial after writing a letter to First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva about lawlessness in the Imishli district. ---0---
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