Azerbaijani court rejects appeal of arrested bloggers

The court upheld the decision of the Sabail District Court, lawyer Isakhan Ashurov said.

The young prisoners, Adnan Hajizadeh and Emin Milli appealed to the court claiming that the Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor General's Office violated the presumption of innocence in their official report on their case. However, the Sabail District Court did not satisfy the appeal of Adnan Hajizadeh and Emin Milli.

Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade are charged with hooliganism and intentional infliction of minor bodily harm.

"We will complain against the decision to the European Court," the lawyer added.

Under the charges, on July 9, Adnan Hajizadeh, his friend Emin Abdullayev and five more people, being in a drunk state, clashed with Vusal Mammadov and Babak Huseynov, who rebuked them for non-ethic words.

The young people deny the accusations and consider their arrest illegal.

International organizations demand their unconditional release.

/Trend News/