Satirical writer Mirza Sakit freed today from the prison numbered, 10 after 1000-days-duration of captivity, “Media Forum” says. Collaborator of the newspaper, “Azadliq” Mirza Sakit was arrested on June 23, 2006 and charged with illegally keeping of drugs and was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment. Based on the amnesty act that was enacted by the Milli Maclis on March 17, 2009 he had been freed before his sentence finished.<br />
On the day he was set free 4 journalists are still in the prison. They are – Qanimat Zahid, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Azadliq”, Eynulla Fatullayev, editor-in-chief of the newspapers, “Realniy Azerbaycan” and “Gundelik Azerbaycan”, Mushfiq Huseynov, journalist from the newspaper “Bizim Yol”, and Asif Merzili, Chief editor of the newspaper “Tezadlar” who was arrested and charged with various slander on April, 7 2009.