The appeal of Giyas and Hasan Ibrahimov

Baku / 18.12.17 / Turan: A preliminary session on the case of youth activist Giyas Ibrahimov and his father Hasan Ibrahimov was held at the Baku Appeals Court today. The father and son were found guilty under Article 289.2 (disrespect for the judge) of the Criminal Code. The Yasamal district court sentenced Giyas Ibrahimov 3 months in prison, in addition to 10 years earlier imprisonment.

Hasan Ibrahimov was sentenced to 1.5 years of correctional labor with a monthly retention of 20% of earnings.

Lawyer Zibeyda Sadigova protested the appeal in the Baku Appellation Court (BAC), since it was the judge of this court who brought to justice the father and son of Ibrahimov. However, the court did not satisfy the withdrawal of the BAC.

Hearings on the merits are scheduled for February 14.

This criminal case started in connection with the incident on June 5 of this year in the Baku Court of Appeal, when Giyas Ibrahimov tore off a microphone that was in a glass cage during a public prosecutor's speech (Giyas Ibrahimov and Bayram Mammadov were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on charges of illegal drug trafficking After they wrote political slogans on the monument to Heydar Aliyev). This happened after the judge ignored the calls of Giyas that he did not hear anything.

Judicial warders entered the cage and shackled Ibrahimov in handcuffs, using brute force. The outraged father of the activist protested, urging the judge to stop the violence. "There will come a day when this will happen to your children," he exclaimed. The judges of the Baku Appeals Court Vugar Mammadov, Aflatun Gasimov and Amir Bayramov saw this as disrespect for themselves. -06B-