Mother of the convicted journalist received in the US Embassy

Zahir Shiraliyev, the mother of the editor portal www.7gun.az xəbər Javid Shiraliyev, sentenced to 5 years in prison,  had a meeting at the US Embassy in Baku. "I was   received and heard  by the Attaché for Political Affairs William Solly,"   she said  Turan agency, noting that her son was persecuted for  professional activities, and the criminal case against him was fabricated. "The trial showed that the case was fabricated and the court was not provided evidence to support the prosecution,"  she said. Shiraliyev also noted that the embassy is monitoring the situation around this case.  The editor of the portal www.7gun.az xəbər Javid Shiraliyev was sentenced on May 22, 2016 to 5 years imprisonment by the Serious Crimes Court  of  Ganja on charges of extortion by threats (Articles 182.2.1 and 182.2.4 of the Criminal Code.) Shiraliyev was detained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on  30 August,  2014 and taken to the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime. He was accused of being in collusion with Asif Akif oglu Orujov in June 2013  he extorted from  Khankishiyeva Shafiga Ismail qizi 2,000 manat by threatening to circulate compromising material about her cafe in the village of Qovlar in Tovuz region. It should be noted that at the end of December 2012 Javid Shiraliyev  was persecuted after  he handed to the media information about the violation  on 23 December  the  rights of the poet Bakhtiyar Hidayat on the Edge "Red Bridge". The lawyer  Zabil  Qahramanov told Turan  that the court could not prove  the  guilt of  Shiraliyev, and all  testimonies are  based on the statements of one person - Shafiga Khankishiyeva, who has problems with  justice.-0-