Dushanbe. March 31. Asia-Plus — Court hearings against lawyer Solejon Juraev and three independent newspapers – Asia-Plus, Farazh and Ozodagon – continued today in the Dushanbe regional court of Sino region.
Ahead of the process S. Juraev read his petition to the court which consisted of several items, lawyer of Asia-Plus newspaper Abdujabbor Abdujalilov told the AP.
“He proposed to summon the Prosecutor General’s Office as a co-defendant. The court also heard to the views of both sides. The sides disagreed since claimants urge the court to dismiss the petition while defendants ask the court to satisfy it,” Abdujalilov has said.
The judge went to his office to make the decision.
We remind that two judges of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan Nur Nurov and Ulugbek Mahmadshoev and a judge of the Dushanbe city court Fakhriddin Dodometov have filed a lawsuit against three Tajik newspapers and lawyer Solejon Juraev claiming to defend their honor and dignity, business reputation and claim 5.5 million Somoni (more than $1.250.000) for moral damage.
They also claim to suspend the activity of the listed above editions till the final decision of the court in accordance with the article 142-143 of the Civil and Procedural Code of the Republic of Tajikistan. The dispute emerged after publication of an article about the court’s decision against a 31-year-old resident of Isfara lauded by the lawyer at a press conference.
Lawyer Juarev blamed Nur Nurov who presided over the trial of violation of defendants’ rights and called the sentence unfair.
