Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus has been moved to the medical facility of the Baku Investigation Detention Center.

Yunus was taken there after Germany’s The Charité hospital Professor Christian Witt had examined her, attorney Ilkin Ghambarov told RFE/RL.

Ghambarov met with his client on Tuesday, and in his words, Leyla Yunus’ morale is fine. 

Professor Witt also examined Leyla Yunus’ husband, Arif Yunus.

As per the attorney, the defense is now preparing a new appeal on the case involving the Yunus couple.

On August 13, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes sentenced Leyla and Arif Yunus—who were charged with large-scale fraud—to 8.5 and 7 years in prison, respectively.

According to the investigation hypothesis, Leyla Yunus—the Founder and Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy—had “received grants from international organizations, and under the name of implementing joint projects with an Armenian center.” Subsequently, and through her husband, Yunus had supposedly used these funds to “improve the financial condition of those whom she had tried to recruit for espionage activities.” Leyla Yunus, however, refutes these charges.

The Yunus couple is accused of high treason, too, but a separate investigation is underway into this charge.