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Demand of releasing Leyla and Arif Yunusovs contradicts int’l standards

Politics Materials 9 October 2015 14:23 (UTC +04:00)
Leyla and Arif Yunusovs have been punished for their crimes and an international organization’s demand to release them contradicts the international standards, Elman Mammadov, Azerbaijani MP, told Trend Oct. 9.
Demand of releasing Leyla and Arif Yunusovs contradicts int’l standards

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 9

By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:

Leyla and Arif Yunusovs have been punished for their crimes and an international organization's demand to release them contradicts the international standards, Elman Mammadov, Azerbaijani MP, told Trend Oct. 9.

Earlier, Human Rights Watch urged to release the Yunusovs.

Mammadov recalled that the investigative measures were conducted as part of the criminal cases filed against the Yunusovs, adding that the trial was conducted absolutely transparently in accordance with the laws of Azerbaijan.

"Some international groups stand for such individuals as Leyla and Arif Yunusovs and others claiming that their rights are allegedly violated and that these people have been arrested for political reasons," he said.

"These organizations do not protect human rights," he said. "There are more than one million refugees and internally displaced people in Azerbaijan whose rights have been grossly violated by Armenia. Did these organizations say anything to support them up till now? However, they are engaged in the protection of three to four people who have committed crimes."

"In fact, these organizations are engaged in destructive activity in Azerbaijan and make provocations against Azerbaijani statehood," he said.

"The Yunusovs and others are the organizers of the spy network created by these organizations in Azerbaijan," he said.

Mammadov said that when the activity of this network is suppressed, these organizations begin to get nervous.

"They are well aware that they stand against the international law and laws by their actions and the attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of Azerbaijan," he said. "These organizations are trying to protect their spy networks. That's why, they conduct a smear campaign against Azerbaijan."

Leyla Yunusova was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison with confiscation of property, and Arif Yunusov was sentenced to seven years in prison with confiscation of property Aug. 13 according to the decision of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.

The court sentence said that both individuals' bank accounts are confiscated, all their property in Azerbaijan, Turkey, and the Czech Republic are confiscated as well, and they aren't allowed to hold any office for two years after the end of their term of imprisonment.

Leyla and Arif Yunusovs will serve their sentences in a general-regime correctional labor facility.

Leyla Yunusova was charged under the articles 274 (high treason), 178.3.2 (fraud (by inflicting major damage)), 192.2.2 (illegal entrepreneurship), 213.2.2 (evasion from a large amount of taxes), 320.1 (forging a certificate or another official document providing rights or exempting from duties, in order to use or sell that document, as well as making for the same purposes or selling forged state awards of Azerbaijan Republic, stamps, seals, forms) and 320.2 (use of deliberately forged documents indicated in the article 320.1 of this Code) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

Arif Yunusov was charged under the articles 274 (high treason) and 178.3.2 (fraud) of Azerbaijan's Criminal Code.

A separate lawsuit was filed for both individuals on the criminal case under article 274 (high treason).

The court's decision taken Aug. 13 applies only to criminal proceedings on the fraud, tax evasion, and others cases.

Edited by CN

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