Baku / 26.09.18 / Turan: The Supreme Court presided by Hafiz Nasibov on Sept. 26 considered the cassation appeal of the head of the website Jam.az Fikret Faramazoglu (Ibishbeyli).
The journalist was arrested in July 2016 on charges of extortion (Article 182 of the Criminal Code).
On June 14, 2017, the Baku Grave Crimes Court sentenced Faramazoglu to 7 years in prison. In September last year, the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict.
According to the investigation, Faramazoglu extorted money from owners of various commercial facilities. However, according to the journalist himself, these objects hid dens, which he wrote in his reports.
Attorney Elchin Sadigov said during today's trial that the preliminary investigation and trial in the first instance court were conducted with violations of the law.
The court of first instance did not conduct an objective investigation and did not satisfy any of the motions aimed at proving the journalist's innocence. The journalist's complaints about torture were not examined by the courts. The appellate court also did not grant the defense's motion.
The signatures of Faramazoglu's statements were falsified. Also, the signature of one of the witnesses was forged, and he stated in court that he did not sign the testimony.
The lawyer also noted that at the time of the "crime" Ibishbeyli was not in the country, but the court rejected the suggestion for a request to the State Border Service to verify this fact.
The defense also believes that in addition to the bias of the investigation there is no reliable evidence in the case, and asks to justify the journalist. However, Prosecutor Ramiz Alverdiyev asked to leave in force the decisions of previous instances.
As a result, the Supreme Court partially mitigated the verdict. So, the charge of causing "considerable damage" was removed. Thus, the Supreme Court reduced the sentence from 7 to 6 years of imprisonment.
The defense does not agree with the decision of the Supreme Court and will file an application with the European Court of Human Rights. The journalist"s wife Faiga Novrasli said the European Court started an investigation into the complaint of Faramazoglu on torture. -C-
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