IRFS, Baku, 17 Apr 2009 – Today, April 17, “Azadliq” Newspaper Ganja Region correspondent Ershad Ibrahimli was arrested. The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety was told this by the journalist’s lawyer Ramiz Abdualla. According to Abdulla, Ibrahimli was detained by employees from the operations/investigative department of Ganja City’s Kepez District Police Dpeartment. The police approached Ibrahimli when the journalist was walking down the street. Ibrahimli was taken to the police department and a case was instituted against him on the basis of Article 310 of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s Administrative Code (intentionally not obeying police and/or soldiers). E.Ibrahimli was taken to the Nizami District Court in Ganja City. During a hearing held there, Ibrahimli told the court he suffers from an illness called “stenocardia.” Judge Zaki Baba reviewed the case, found Ibrahimli guilty of violating Article 310 and sentenced the journalist to 10 days of imprisonment.
IRFS contacted Ganja City’s Kepez District Police Department. A person who would not introduce himself on the phone said that they had no information about this case.
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