On Thursday the Shirvan Court of Appeal chaired by Alaskar Novruzov postponed complaints of satirical poet Tofig Hasanli. According to Turan's lawyer Elchin Sadigov, the meeting did not take place because of non-appearance of witnesses. The judge ordered them to provide a forced drive, scheduled the next hearing on December 1st.
Tofig Hasanli was sentenced on August 22, 2016 to six years in prison on charges of drug trafficking. Hasanli is known for his critical pamphlets to the authorities and government officials in a number of media. In 2005, he was convicted for drugs for three years, but in 2007 was released under an amnesty.
Hasanli continued to publish satire on facebook and youtube. In January 2015, he stated that he was threatened with arrest, and in October he was detained. -03B06--
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