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The Baku Court of Appeal freed the employee of the Institute of Peace and Democracy Arifa Yunus, in August, convicted by seven years in the colony, on a subscription of the lower -off of the meeting of his complaint about the sentence. It is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". Politsyk got out of custody in the courtroom.

The reason for the decision was a deterioration in the state of health of Yunus - in November he was transferred from pre -trial detention center to the hospital. The main argument for the court was a letter from the main medical department of the Ministry of Justice of the country, in which the fact of deterioration of health was confirmed with reference to the German doctor Christian Witt.

Meanwhile, the prosecutor insisted that Yunus remain in custody.

During the hearing, the Politzek himself demanded to release from the pre -trial detention center and his wife, the director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy, Leila Yunus, who was convicted of one case with him by eight and a half years of the colony. It is known that her health has recently worsened.

The verdict of the spouses Yunus issued a Baku court on serious crimes on August 13 . Leila Yunus was found guilty under articles 178.3.2 (large -scale fraud), 192.2.2 (illegal entrepreneurship), 213.2.2 (tax evasion), 320.1 and 320.2 (falsification of documents) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan, Arif Yunus - according to the first of these articles.

During the investigation, both human rights defenders were also imputed Article 274 of the Criminal Code (state treason), which provides for the deadlines up to life. However, the materials under this article were allocated in a separate production. Thus, the Yunus spouses will have another court.

The political prisoners themselves did not admit their guilt, saying that the case against them was falsified. During the investigation, they refused to testify.

Leila Yunus was detained on July 30, 2014 and arrested on the same day. Arifa Yunus was detained on August 5, 2014, when he went on a date with his wife in a pre-trial detention center.

The consideration of the case was essentially conducted since July 27, 2015. During the proceedings, 60-year-old Yunus has repeatedly fainted due to arterial pressure jumps, and in some cases the judge had to declare breaks in the hearings. On the day of the sentence, Yunus became bad twice; The second time he lost consciousness after performing with the last word.

Earlier, 59-year-old Leila Yunus was repeatedly reported about health problems. She underwent an operation on the kidneys, suffers from a severe form of diabetes and progressive hepatitis C, and also has serious vision problems. In total, she was done by six operations in front of her eyes.

Leila Yunus is known as a historian and publicist. In 1989, she participated in the creation of the People’s Front of Azerbaijan, in 1990-1991-a member of the Social-Democratic Party of Azerbaijan. In May 1992 - February 1993, she headed the information and analytical department of the country's Ministry of Defense.

Yunus founded the Institute of Peace and Democracy in 1995. This NPO is engaged in human rights, research and promoting resolving conflicts. In January 2014, the human rights activist held a presentation of the list of Azerbaijani political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. Yunus also initiated the creation of a resistance center for repressions under Imd. In 2014, the Center made the initiative to apply international sanctions against Azerbaijani officials who violate human rights, and also called for the international boycott of the European Games in Baku, which were held in June 2015, almost a year after the arrest of the Yunus spouses.

Arif Yunus is a candidate of historical sciences, in the past - vice president of the Soviet Association of military historians and weapons. In 1992-1993, he headed the information and analytical apparatus of the President of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Elchibey. Then he worked in various NGOs; Since 1997 - in Imd. Author of hundreds of scientific articles; In the last decade, has released a number of monographs on history and conflictology.

In 2011, the Imd office, which was the private property of Leila Yunus, was demolished. The defeat was preceded by the publication of the human rights activist on the illegal destruction of Baku residents in 2009-2011, as a result of which over 60 thousand citizens were left without housing. In her work, Yunus opened the corruption mechanism, indicating who exactly and how he committed crimes.

In October 2014, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee awarded 98 political prisoners of Azerbaijan, including the UNUS spouses, the Sakharov Freedom Prize.