Zahira Shiraliyev, the mother of Javid Shiraliyev, the chief editor of the portal www.7gun.az xəbər, stated that he considered a lawsuit against him is was fabricated, and he is being persecuted for professional activities.
"The trial showed that the case was fabricated, and the court could not provided evidence to support the accusation," Shiraliyeva said on Thursday at a press conference in the office of the Azerbaijan National Committee of Helsinki Civil Assembly.
The chief editor of the portal www.7gun.az xəbər Javid Shiraliyev was sentenced on May 22, 2016 to five years imprisonment by the Serious Crimes Court of the city of Ganja on charges of extortion by threats (Articles 182.2.1 and 182.2.4 of the Criminal Code.)
Shiraliyev was detained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on 30 August, 2014 and taken to the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime. He was accused of extorting 2,000 manat from Khankishiyeva Shafiga Ismail qizi in mid-June 2013 together with Asif Akif oglu Orujov by threatening to make public a compromising material about the brothel in the cafe Qovlar in the village of Tatar village in Tovuz region, which she rented. Khankishiyeva claimed that before his arrest of Shiraliyev, she gave him a pre-700 manats. The investigation presented to the court the investigation material, which indicated that Shiraliyev admitted his guilt. However, at the trial Shiraliyev said that the confessed under torture, and abandoned the accusation.
As evidence of the falsification of his case Shiraliyev said that his so-called accomplice Asif Orujov, could not participate in the so-called crime, because from 11 April, 2012 to 19 October, 2013 Orujov was serving a sentence in the Punishment Institution N5 (jail-settlement) of the Justice Ministry's Penitentiary service. From 1June to 30 June Orujov was registered in the place of punishment. On June 10 he was punished for violation of discipline, and on June 20 he was punished and placed in a punishment cell for five days. Orujov said during the investigation, was beaten by members of the Interior Ministry and General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime. During the preliminary investigation, the protection presented printouts of telephone calls to mobile operators, confirming that Shiraliyev did not speak on the phone s with Shafiga Khankishiyeva.
The Department of Tax Crimes at Ministry of Taxes on 15 January 2015 formally notified the investigation that until 31 December, 2013 “Tatar” café did not operate in the village of Qovlar in the Tovuz region, and the tax authorities have no information that Khankishiyeva was a tenant of an object. Local residents have also confirmed that the no cafe with the same functioned there. There was even an official act.
During the trial, Shiraliyev stated that the preliminary investigation was prejudiced, biased, with gross violations, and demanded to prosecute officials of the Interior Ministry officials and the Prosecutor General, and to give a legal assessment to their illegal actions or inaction.
Zahira Shiraliyeva, mother of the journalist, noted that during the trial Shafiga Khankishiyeva wrote a letter to the judge of the Ganja Serious Crimes Court Mubariz Mamedov stating that he withdrew his claim, and had no claims to Javid Shiraliyev. However, after that the prosecutor called Shafiga Khankishiyeva and forced her to withdraw her statement. Shiraliyeva said that her son was arrested unfoundedly. The trial proved that his arrest was targeted and registered.
It should be noted that at the end of December 2012 Javid Shiraliyev was persecuted after conveying the media information about the violation of the rights of the poet Bakhtiyar Hidayat on the border point "Red Bridge" on 23 December. After the publications in the press about this, three Customs officers of Tovuz region threatened Shiraliyev at the Institute's office and on 30 December. In this respect the Institute to protect rights and freedom appealed to the local and international organizations, as well as the Attorney General, the Ombudsman. The cause of the conflict at the customs point became the demand of Bakhtiyar Hidayat to the customs not delay unreasonably passenger bus. In response to these request the customs officers used physical force against him. Turan failed to get a comment in the Tovuz Customs.
Lawyer Scored Qahramanov said Turan, that the court could not prove the guilt of Shiraliyev, and all indications are based on the statement of one person Shafiga Khankishiyeva, which has problems with the justice system. "We will seek the abolition of the sentence as unfounded in the Court of Appeal, and has already filed an appeal," the lawyer said. Meeting of the Court of Appeal has not been appointed yet. —0---
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