Court hearing on cellmate of Leyla Yunus is held in Baku

On October 29 in Baku Yasamal court held another hearing on the suit of Nuria Huseynova, cellmate of the human rights activist Leyla Yunus, against a lawyer Alaif Hasanov took place in the Yasamal district court of Baku. The lawyer unveiled facts physical pressure by Huseynova on Yunus in the chamber insulator, where they were placed together. Contact.az writes about this. 

His report was published in the newspaper “Azadlig” on September 17, 2014. After that Huseynova said that the lawyer called her “a criminal”, and called herself insulted.

However, Huseynova has been jailed before, and the word “criminal” is applied just to this category of persons, and cannot be regarded an insult, the lawyer said.

Preliminary hearing on the lawsuit was held on September 29 in the Sabunchu court which sent the case to the Yasamal Court.

Later the plaintiff complained also about the chief editor of “Azadlig”, Ganimat Zahid. Hearings were postponed several times. The next meeting was scheduled for 29 October, but at today’s session Huseynova refused to claim against Zahid.

The judge scheduled the next hearing for November 5.