create issue from POST request

Can i use POST request to create issue?

when i send POST from Java, have problem with encoding


example:
Task-108 ????????
?????????? ???????? (?????????? - ??? ????)?????????: ???????????

code:

 String desc = description + "\n Автор:"+author;
        List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
        nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("project", "Task"));
        nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("summary", subject));
        nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("description", desc));

        HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(yBaseUrl + "/rest/issue");
        httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));


        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();

        //response = client.execute(httppost, localContext);
        // add request header
        ((DefaultHttpClient) client).setCookieStore(cookie);

        HttpResponse response = null;
        //client.execute(post);
        try {
            response = client.execute(httpPost);
            System.out.println(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }