
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani judge gives soldier who raped boy lesser sentence due to ‘suffering from homosexuality’
The judge concluded that the accused suffered from ‘a homosexual mental illness’.
The judge concluded that the accused suffered from ‘a homosexual mental illness’.
The detainee faces up to 20 years or life imprisonment.
One of those detained was a local police officer — a second police officer reportedly fled the country.
The women were detained earlier in August and given three months of pre-trial detention on charges of robbery.
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s sophomore feature is a hypnotic but unflinching portrait of power, violence, pain and gender in rural Georgia.
Ulviyya Guliyeva (Ali) was detained on 6 May after covering the trial of imprisoned politician Tofig Yagublu.
The 23-year-old was given only a suspended sentence as the judge considered the birth of their child to be a mitigating circumstance.