Açiq mənbələrdən foto.
Supreme Court upheld verdict of PPFA activists
Baku/26.04.22/Turan: The Supreme Court today, chaired by Farhad Kerimov, considered the cassation appeal of members of the Presidium of the Party of People's Front of Azerbaijan (PPFA) Mammad Ibrahim, Bakhtiyar Imanov and Ayaz Magerramov.
They were arrested and sentenced to probation due to the demonstration on July 14-15, 2020 in Baku.
The Supreme Court rejected the complaint, Ibrahim told Turan. "We didn't expect any other solution. Just to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, we had to go through the cassation instance in Azerbaijan," Ibrahim said.
"The trial went on for five minutes and the judge announced a pre-prepared decision," he said.
The judge of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court, Farhad Kerimov, in charge of mass media relations, confirmed the information about the rejection of the complaint of these persons. According to him, the positions of the court are stated in the decision and dissenters can apply to the ECHR.
*On July 14, 2020, in the evening, thousands of spontaneous demonstrations began in Baku demanding to start a war for the liberation of Karabakh. The march lasted all night and ended early in the morning on July 15. Some of the demonstrators entered the Parliament building and damaged the premises. After that, mass arrests were made.
Note that 37 people were brought to criminal responsibility, including 16 members of the PPFA. However, later the measure of restraint was changed for them. All the defendants in the case were sentenced to probation: Mamed Ibrahim – to 4 years and 1 month, Imanov and Magerramov – to 3 years, 7 months and 13 days.—16B06-
-
- Politics
- 26 April 2022 13:17
Social
-
Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 28 July.
-
As part of the struggle against illegal migration in Baku city, operative actions were carried out at different addresses. The Interior Ministry reports that employees of the Department for Combating Illegal Migration identified and detained 34 foreigners without documents giving the right to reside and stay on the territory of Azerbaijan.
-
On July 25, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accused Armenia of "provoking" by deploying heavy weapons in Kalbajar and quadcopters in the Tovuz direction. The ministry also expressed dissatisfaction and concern over Armenia's military cooperation with Western countries.
-
During the operation of the Main Drug Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 5 members of an organized group engaged in drug trafficking were detained. All of them have previous convictions: Bahlul Ismayilov, Royal Aliyev, Khayal Aliyev, Samir Aghayev, and Ali Mammadli.
Leave a review