Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 20
Trend:
The US welcomes Azerbaijan's decision to allow Leyla and Arif Yunusovs to travel abroad for urgent medical care, said the statement on the website of the US Department of State.
The US firmly believes that this move will do much to strengthen Azerbaijan as well as bilateral relationship between the two countries, according to the statement.
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.
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 the forged state awards of Azerbaijan, stamps, seals, and forms) and 320.2 (use of deliberately forged documents indicated in the article 320.1) 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).
On Nov. 12, 2015, the Baku Court of Appeals changed the measure of restraint with regard to Arif Yunusov to the recognizance not to leave.
On Dec. 9, 2015, the Baku Appeals Court decided to conditionally release Leyla Yunusova.
She was released in the court room.