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Baku/04.05.21/Turan: Today, a Serious Crimes Court passed verdict against a group of persons accused of financing ISIS.
The court sentenced: Samir Gurbanov to 8 years, Amin Hasanov to 7 years, Aflatun Bayramov to 7 years, Babek Mammadli to 7 years, Tehran Gasimov to 5 years, Javid Amanov, Elgun Ismayilov, Alladin Ibishov, Yusif Imanov, Orhan Gurbanov, and Shahriyar Jabbarov - to 2.5 years in prison.
When the judge read out the verdict, the defendants began to beat their heads against the glass in protest. After that, the guards took them out, and the verdict was read out in the absence of the accused.
The parents of the accused were indignant at the verdict, shouting curses at the judges and those involved in the arrest of the accused.
Earlier, the state prosecutor proposed to condemn the defendants to long terms of imprisonment from nine to 18 years.
The defendants in this case were arrested several years ago on charges of participating in the war in Syria as part of illegal armed groups. They are charged under the following Articles of the Criminal Code: 167-2.2.1 (illegal production, import and distribution of religious literature), 167-3.1 (illegal circulation of religious extremist literature), 214 (terrorism) and 218 (creation of a criminal community). The trial began in February 2020, but it was interrupted for a long time due to the pandemic.
The trial resumed this year, and at one of the trials, the defendants inflicted cut wounds on themselves, protesting against the unjustified arrest.
The defendants have declared their non-involvement in any form of ISIS. -30B06-
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