Preparatory meeting in the case of Seymour Hazy

A preliminary hearing in the case of an employee of the newspaper "Azadlig" and leading on-line program "Azerbaijani hour" Seymour Hazy accused of hooliganism   is scheduled for November 20 in the Absheron district court. According to lawyer Adil Ismailov, at the hearing defense petitioned for recognition of the illegality of keeping Hazy in custody after October 29 in connection with the expiration of the measures of arrest. However, the petition was not granted. Further protection is applied for the replacement of the arrest to house arrest, but this request was rejected.

The defense rejected the judge Shovket Najafova, because just she  freed under house arrest  a second defendant in the case - Maharram Hasanov.

(After the prosecution appealed against this decision, the appellate court again jailed Hasanov.) Thus  the judge showed  her partiality. Thenthe hearing was postponed  for 20th of November.

Hazi was arrested  on August 29 in a suburb of Baku.  On 30 August press service of the Prosecutor General stated that Hazy hit Maharram Hasanov, a resident of Baku  with a bottle on his head, and a lawsuit was filed against a journalist under  the Article 221.3 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism committed with a weapon or using objects used as weapons.) Later Hasanov also was arrested, who later released  for a few days under house arrest, and then re-arrested.

The reason for  the incident became a claim  by Hasanov, who approached Hazy street and demanded an explanation why he did not answer him to Facebook. Thereafter Hasanov attacked journalist. Defense, Hazy struck back.

Hasanov   can be imprisoned maximum  to  one year in prison, while Hazy can  be convicted for a period from 3 to 7 years in prison. -D06-