Azerbaijani Journalist Sentenced To Three Years
October 04, 2006
Sakit Zahidov at a preliminary court hearing in August (Turan)
Sakit Zahidov, a columnist for the "Azadliq" daily and an outspoken critic of President Ilham Aliyev was arrested in June for possession of 10 grams of heroin.
Zahidov and his colleagues say the drugs were planted on him.
(Turan, ITAR-TASS)