Imprisoned journalist Rauf Mirkadirov brough to court in handcuffs to testify in Yunus trial
Imprisoned journalist Rauf Mirkadirov brough to court in handcuffs to testify in Yunus trial
Summary: 4th hearing (04 August)
During proceedings, Arif Yunus suffered a serious hypertensive crisis; however the hearing was continued. During the hearing, Arif Yunus had been sitting in a glass cage, holding his head between his hands.
The prosecution called its third witness, journalist Rauf Mirgadirov, who had been escorted to the court from the detention facility. A foreign correspondent for the weekly Zerkalo, Mirkadyrov was arrested on trumped-up charges of “high treason” and “spying...