Trial over the eight accused on Guba events on March 1 was over on 13 December in Guba regional court chaired by Zamin Tahirov. The court found the defendants guilty of willful destruction of property, public order offenses, the use of force against the police.
The court sentenced: Farhad Abdurakhmanov to five years in prison. Sakhavat Aleskerov to four years and three months in prison. At the same time, Alkhas Danyalov was sentenced to three years on probation and was released in the courtroom.
Samir Khammedov, Samir Talibov, Matlab Dadashov, Sarvin Chobanov and Murad Zakirov also received three years of probation. Tomorrow sentence will be against nine accused.
On March 1, 2012 several thousand residents of Guba region made a rally demanding the resignation of the Chief Executive of the region, Khabibov Rauf, who had publicly insulted the locals. The protest turned into a riot, and Khabibov’s villa was burnt, and damage was caused to the building of the district executive. Four groups of defendants, consisting of 30 people were brought to trial. —06B—
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