Court process on case of Seymur Haziyev

On January 22, 2015 the Absheron District Court on Thursday continued the hearing on the criminal cases of imprisoned journalist Seymur Haziyev and Maharram Hasanov, APA reports.

The public prosecutor demanded 6-year imprisonment for Seymur Haziyev and 9-month imprisonment for Maharram Hasanov.

The hearing will continue on January 27 with the participation of lawyers of defendants.

According to a joint statement issued by the Absheron District Police Department and the Prosecutor’s Office, the Absheron District Police Department launched a criminal case under the Criminal Code’s article 221.3 (the hooliganism committed with application of a weapon or subjects, used as the weapon) on the fact of hooliganism committed during an argument between Seymur Haziyev and Baku resident Maharram Hasanov in Absheron district’s Jeyranbatan settlement on August 29. The court passed a verdict on putting Seymur Haziyev in pretrial detention as a convict under the above mentioned article of the Criminal Code.

As a result of the investigation, Maharram Hasanov was arrested as a suspect on September 3, as there were grounds for suspicions that during the argument he violated the public order disrespecting the public, committed deliberate actions using violence against citizens and punched Seymur Haziyev, inflicting on him bodily injuries.

The district court passed a verdict on arresting Maharram Hasanov under the article 221.1 (hooliganism) of the Criminal Code.

Prosecutor asks for punishment to Seymur Haziyev

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