{"id":171791,"date":"2015-12-10T08:50:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T08:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/leyla-yunus-released-from-jail\/"},"modified":"2015-12-10T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T08:50:07","slug":"leyla-yunus-released-from-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/leyla-yunus-released-from-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Leyla Yunus released from jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n    <iframe\ttitle=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BaKVvWPVQ70\"\tframeborder=\"0\"\tallow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  The Baku Court of Appeals released Leyla Yunus on December 9 on five years\u2019 parole due to deteriorating health. Looking pale and infirm, Yunus walked leaning on her husband Arif as she exited from the courtroom from the back door.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIt is said in<br \/>\n  <i><br \/>\n    Doctor Zhivago<br \/>\n  <\/i><br \/>\n  that a human life is made of prison dust. They turned me into prison dust,\u201d Yunus said in her final statement in court. Her microphone was immediately turned off.\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/41077\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41077\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  Leyla Yunus, 59, is the head of the unregistered Institute for Peace and Democracy. In August, she was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison on charges of large-scale fraud, illegal entrepreneurship, tax evasion, and falsifying official documents, widely as seen as politicized. The sentence was converted into a suspended term of 5 years on Wednesday on humanitarian grounds. Her husband Arif was sentenced to 7 years in August on similar charges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The appeals court overturned an earlier decision to confiscate an apartment registered under their daughters\u2019 name, Dinara Yunus, and dropped charges related to document falsification.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Yunus suffers from diabetes and hepatitis C. She appeared frail beyond recognition and grey-haired after spending almost 18 months in prison. Both Leyla and Arif were reportedly subjected to beatings in jail.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Immediately after the release, Yunus paid a visit to her grandfather\u2019s grave. \u201cWhen Arif proposed me, I took him to my grandfather\u2019s grave. So he proposed to me at my grandfather\u2019s grave. And now again I visited my grandfather\u2019s grave,\u201d she told reporters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Foreign governments hailed the move as a positive development. The<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/ps\/2015\/12\/250509.htm\"><br \/>\n    US State Department<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  released a statement, describing Leyla and Arif\u2019s release as \u201ca positive step.\u201d The<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/statements-eeas\/2015\/151209_05_en.htm\"><br \/>\n    EU<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  issued a similar statement: \u201cThis is a welcome and positive humanitarian gesture which follows a similar decision on 12 November with regard to Dr Yunus&#8217; husband, Mr Arif Yunus. The European Union hopes further steps will follow.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But supporters demand nothing less than a full acquittal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI hope the government will decide to vacate the criminal convictions against her and Arif, that they can get the health care they desperately need, and that their family can have the space to overcome the crushing ordeal of the past year and half,\u201d<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/12\/09\/dispatches-azerbaijans-leyla-yunus-free\"><br \/>\n    wrote<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/about\/people\/rachel-denber\"><br \/>\n    Rachel Denber<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  , the Deputy Director of Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baku Court of Appeals released Leyla Yunus on December 9 on five years\u2019 parole due to deteriorating health. 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