\n Nizami District Court has sentenced opposition member Tofig Yagublu to a three-month prison sentence, his lawyer Elchin Sadigov told journalists after his court hearing on Monday.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cTofig Yagublu does not believe he guilty. For sure, we will appeal the decision. We consider the decision completely groundless and illegal,\u201d Sadigov said.\n<\/p>\n
\n After the trial, Yagublu, who has been accused of hooliganism, was sent to a detention center. Yagublu is known as one of the harshest critics of President Ilham Aliyev and his ruling party.\n<\/p>\n
\n Yagublu's daughter Nigar Hazi said that many countries have started to release prisoners due to the risk of coronovirus pandemic. On the contrary, President Ilham Aliyev is filling them up.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hazi said she is concerned that his incarceration will have a devastating effect on her father's health.\n<\/p>\n
\n It has been impossible to get an official reaction regarding her concerns.\n<\/p>\n
\n Interior Ministry spokesperson Ehsan Zahidov said that Yagublu was detained due to a traffic accident he caused in Baku\u2019s Nizami district a day before.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhile the traffic accident happened due to Tofig Yagublu\u2019s fault, he argued without a valid reason and hit [driver] Elkhan Jabrayilov and his passenger and wife Javahir Jabrayilova with a screwdriver, causing them various injuries,\u201d Zahidov was quoted as saying.\n<\/p>\n
\n After police arrived at the scene, Yagublu was detained and brought to the Nizami district police station, where a criminal case was launched.\n<\/p>\n
\n Yagublu\u2019s arrest comes days after President Ilham Aliyev said opposition members were spreading panic about coronavirus in the country and he would therefore declare a state of emergency and isolate opposition, who he labeled as \u201cenemies\u201d of the Azerbaijani people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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