Protest Rally in Ganja

Baku / 08.27.19 / Turan: Relatives of those arrested in connection with the events in Ganja in July 2018 held a protest rally in front of the Executive Power of this city.

They, chanting the slogan "End to false accusations," protested against the conviction of those arrested to prison terms in trumped-up cases.

According to them, the protesters were received by the head of the city Niyazi Bayramov, the head of the Ganja police, and a representative of the Ganja court of appeal. The participants spoke about their demands for the release of those arrested.

However, on August 27, the protesters were summoned to the Nizami district police department of Ganja and taken explanatory notes for the action and the reasons for the dissatisfaction.

* On July 3, 2018 in Ganja an attempt was made on the then head of the city Elmar Veliyev. A Ganja native Yunis Safarov wounded him and his bodyguard.

After that, a protest rally against Veliyev in front of the Ganja administration building was scheduled for July 10 on social networks. On that day, the MIA reported riots in Ganja, during which two police officers were killed. Following this, mass arrests began among believers and others.

At a meeting in this department, Attorney General Zakir Garalov announced on July 31, 2019 that 29 members of an organized criminal group were brought to justice in connection with the attempt on E. Veliev, and another 11 people were put on the international wanted list.

On the events of July 10, the investigation was completed and 8 criminal cases against 60 people were sent to the courts. The defendants were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.-21D-