Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. К.Zarbaliyeva / The criminal case of journalist of the Azerbaijani Bizim Yol newspaper charged with bribery was submitted to court for consideration.
The journalist of the Bizim Yol newspaper Mushvig Huseynov was detained on 24 July as a result of a special operation in the Gurd Gapisi restaurant in the Yasamal District of Baku. A criminal case has been filed in contravention of Article 311.1 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. The Republic Prosecutor General's Office of the Department on the Struggle against Corruption is holding the investigation. Huseynov's lawyer Vugar Khasayev said to Trend agency that he had familiarized himself with the material which will be considered by the Heinous Crime Court.
The Anti-Corruption Department of the Public Prosecutor Office held the investigations. Currently Huseynov is imprisoned in the Bayil isolation Cell 1.