Amnesty International organization issued a statement on threats received by family of convicted Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev. Convicts’ father was threatened with death if he does not stop speaking out about his son.

“March 17, Emin Fatullayev (Eynulla’s father) received an anonymous phone call at his home in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, ordering him to &‘shut up’ about his son’s case or his &‘entire family would be destroyed.’

Amnesty International believes that the charges against Fatullayev, imprisoned since 2007, are fabricated and that he is a prisoner of conscience. Amnesty International believes that the drugs charges were fabricated to discredit Fatullayev at a time when his case is under review by the European Court of Human Rights,” reads the statement by Amnesty International.