Baku / 20.12.19 / Turan: On Friday, while the Baku Court of Appeal examined the complaint of the group of persons involved in the Ganja case, the relatives of the accused staged a protest rally in the courtyard.
They protested the persecution of their children on “fabricated charges”, demanding the release of those arrested.
The court of first instance sentenced a group of seven people to a term from two to 20 years in prison. The defendants were accused of complicity in the murder of police officers and the use of violence against them, the organization of riots or participation in them.
*On July 3, 2018 an attempt was made on Elmar Veliyev, the then head of the city of Ganja. Ganja native Yunis Safarov wounded him and his bodyguard.
After that, a protest rally in front of the Ganja administration building against Veliyev was scheduled for July 10 on social networks. On the same day, the Interior Ministry reported riots in Ganja, during which two police officers were killed. Following this, mass arrests were carried out among believers and others.
On July 31, 2019, the Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov at a meeting in this department said that in connection with the assassination attempt on E. Believ, 29 members of an organized criminal group were prosecuted, 11 more were put on the international wanted list.
On the events of July 10, the investigation was completed and eight criminal cases against 60 people were sent to the courts. The defendants were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. -30С-
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