Lady – collaborator of the newspaper was also punished<br /> On April 7 the Yasamal Region’s Court had a session regarding special charge brought by the plaintiff: Elshad Abdullayev, rector of the Azerbaijan International University (AIU), pro-rector, Huseyn Ahmadov and tutor of AIU Eldeniz Abdullayev against the defendants: Asif Merzili, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Tezadlar”, and journalist, Zumrud Mammadova.
Asif Merzili and Zumrud memmedova reportedly were sentenced to 1 year in jail and 1 year amendment jail respectively, by the District Judge Tahir Ismayilov.
It should be noted that, the above mentioned rector, pro-rector and tutor of Azerbaijan International University have accused editor-in-chief of, “Tezadlar” and journalist of this newspaper in disseminating misinformation about educational institution.