On 17 August the Baku Sabail District Court presided over by the judge Azer Tagiyev held a preliminary hearing on the suit of investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the Baku City Prosecutor's Office. Journalist demands compensation for unjustified detention for three months on charges of incitement to suicide. As a third party the Ministry of Finances has been attracted. During the meeting, the lawyer Yalcin Imanov said that Ismayilova was arrested on 5 December, 2014 and was charged under the Article 125 of the Criminal Code. She was kept in custody until 6 March, 2015. When the Baku Serious Crimes Court on September 1, 2015 sentenced Ismayilova to 8.5 years in prison for economic crimes, she was justified under Article 125 of the Criminal Code.
Thus, from 5 December, 2014 to 6 March, 2015 i.e. 91 days Ismayilova was detained illegally. Ismayilova assessed the total size of the material damage at 9.300 manat. For moral damages the journalist demands 20.000 manat.
According to the lawyer, the prosecutor said that the defendant does not agree with the claim, and the next meeting will present an objection. The judge scheduled the next hearing for 24 August at 10:00.
* On May 25, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan removed from the journalist an accusation on misappropriation and abuse of office, and replaced the real term of imprisonment of 3.5 years on probation. On 8 August the suspended term was lowered to 2 years and 3 months.-06D-
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