AGIL HALIL BROUGHT TO HOMOSEXUAL STREKALIN’S TRIAL BY FORCE
Today.Az
03 July 2008
The police brought Azadlyg newspaper correspondent Agil Halil to
court by force.
The Nasimi district court presided by judge Shahin Abdullayev has
initiated court hearing on the case of homosexual Sergey Strekalin,
accused of wounding Azadlyg newspaper correspondent Agil Halil.
The due information was provided by a source from the Institute
for Reporters Freedom and Safety. The sources noted that the police
officers brought Halil to court by force.
Speaking in the court, journalist’s defender Elchin Sadykhov presented
written petition to the judge regarding the need to drop the criminal
case on Sergey Strekalin as he has nothing to do with the fact of
his defendant’s stabbing.
The court left for consultation. The process started at 10.30.
Sergey Strekalin faces charges under articles 127.1 (deliberate causing
of slight not life-threatening harm to health) and 234.1 (illegal
production, purchase, storing, transfer or sale of drugs, psychotropic
substances or precursors) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
Strekalin met Agil Halil in 2005 near Ganjlik metro station. They
had sexual relationships several times.
It should be noted that on February 22 Halil was brutally beaten in
Baku as he was working in the olive garden, in the result of which he
had his fingers broken. Those, accused of fight, denied accusations
of beating the journalist.