The Yasamal District Court completed consideration of a complaint in the form of a private criminal charge against \u00a0Abid Gafarov, the head of the Baku Unity public association, the host of the K\u0130M.TV YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lawsuits against him were filed by a group of veterans of the second Karabakh war. At first there were seven veterans who complained, later four withdrew their complaints, Gafarov told Turan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reason for the complaints was Gafarov\u2019s speech on the Internet, where he reproached the veterans that they \u201cboldly attacked the Armenians, but now they are not fighting for their rights, and out of hopelessness they sew up their mouths, arrange self-immolation.\u201d True bravery is courage shown against a despot, and veterans behave “submissively”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gafarov considers the accusation legally unfounded, but he did not name anyone personally. Nevertheless, the linguistic examination found “slander” and “insult” in Gafarov’s statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe examination issued a conclusion in 48 hours, while in practice this process takes at least a month. Everything is obvious, there is an order for my arrest,\u201d Gafarov said before the court session on July 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Wednesday evening, the court announced its decision. The judge, finding Gafarov guilty on both Articles – 147.1 (libel) and 148 (insult) of the Criminal Code, appointed for each of them \u2013 six months of imprisonment. Summing up both terms, the court sentenced Gafarov to a year in prison, lawyer Elchin Sadigov said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, according to him, the judge did not allow Gafarov and lawyers to make a closing statement. Abid Gafarov believes that he is being persecuted for exposure of the crimes of the security forces against the defendants in the \u201cTerter case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Human rights activists also consider the accusation against Gafarov unfounded. In their opinion, the pressure on Gafarov is because of his revelations of the facts of torture in the \u201cTerter case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It should be noted that earlier, lawyer Ilham Aslanoglu, who also exposed the facts of torture of defendants in the \u201cTerter case\u201d, was sentenced to six months in prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The relatives of the defendants in the “Terter case” in sign of protest chanted slogans \u201cShame on the court!\u201d, \u201cFreedom for Abid Gafarov!\u201d, \u201cResign!\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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