Today the Khachmaz regional court published a verdict against six accused in the riots in the Guba region on 1 March, 2012.
The court sentenced the head of the municipality Elkhan Aliyev to five years of imprisonment, an employee of the local department of State Property Committee, Zakir Mammadov, to four years, the owner of filling station, Gulaga Agayev, to 2.5 years, his grandson Mukhtar Alekperov to 3.5 years in prison. At the same time, the Executive Director of the Guba TV channel "Khayal TV", Vugar Gonagov, and chief editor of the channel, Zaur Guliyev, have been sentenced to three years of probation.
Five of the accused were found guilty under Article 233 (organization of actions aimed at disturbing public order) and 309.2 (abuse of power). Alekperov has been convicted under articles 186.2.2 (destruction of another's property by arson, leading to serious consequences) and 315.2 (use of violence dangerous to life and health of a government official.)
Total number of the accused on Guba events is 30 people, 10 of them got real sentences, others were punished on probation.
** On 1 March, 2012 the protest actions of Guba residents against the Chief Executive, Rauf Khabibov, turned into riots. The residents destroyed and fired Habibov’s villa.—16C-
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