Leyla Yunus, an activist for peace and reconciliation between her country, Azerbaijan, and neighbouring Armenia, currently faces 11 years in prison for her work defending human rights. <br /> <br />During the most recent hearing, on 10 August 2015, she was again denied the right to sit next to her lawyer, Ramiz Mammadov (interviewed above). Instead she was kept in a glass cage, a violation of the right to be presumed innocent. The hearing was cut short when Leyla Yunus refused the help of Azeri-Russian translators, who she deemed incompetent. The trial was adjourned until 13 August 2015. <br /> <br />Leyla and her husband Arif, also on trial facing trumped-up charges, have been detained for more than a year. Both have been denied necessary medical treatment and are suffering greatly in detention.
