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Sentence on Case of Two Journalists Remained Unchanged

Society Materials 19 March 2007 20:59 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend , corr K. Zarbaliyeva/ Today, on March, 19, a preparatory sitting on the case of journalist Rafig Taghi and the Editor-in-Chief of the Sanat Gazeti newspaper, Samir Husseynov (Sadagatoghlu) has been held presided by Judge Yusif Karimov in the Sabayil District Court of Baku City.

A lawyer of the accused journalists, Isakhan Ashurov has made a request to the Court to exclude the evidence gave by the father of Mr. Husseynov (Sadagatoghlu), Elchin Seleymanov, and Musaddas Israfilov, as well as disaffirmation of punishment measures.

However, the Court did not grant this request, and made a decision to postpone the court hearing to April 2, 2007.

Notably, Mr. Taghi and Sadagatoghlu are accused of Article 283 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan Republic (creation of national, racial, social or religious hostilities). On November, 2006, Mr. Taghi issued an article (" Europe and Us") in the Sanat Gazeti, where he outraged and insulted the personality of Prophet Muhammad and the whole Islamic Religion

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