Video surveillance refutes the version of the prosecution in the "Ganja case" - human rights activist

Baku /05.07.19/Turan: Today a meeting on the case of another group of defendants on the Ganja events was held in the building of the Sabunchu district court.

Human rights activist Ogtay Gulaliyev told Turan that for the first time during the trial of the Ganja events, recordings from surveillance cameras were shown in the places of alleged unlawful acts. "The footage shows that, as the main participant in these events, Rashad Beyukkishiyev, with a dagger in his hands, attacks the police officers (July 10, 208 in Ganja). (According to the official version, Beyukkishiyev was liquidated on July 13, 2018 while providing armed resistance to special forces - note. Red.). The shots clearly show Beyukishiyev single-handedly attacks the police. Nobody helped him. On the square, except for him, no one owned a weapon. None of the defendants attacked police officers, threw stones at them, did not resist the police, nobody blocked Beyukkishiyev," said Gyulaliyev. On the other hand, according to Gulaliyev, the shots show inaction of the police, while Beyukishiyev, waving his dagger, quietly walks around the square.

"Police officers are contemplative. Nobody bothers him, just look at what is happening, and some leave the square. And only after Beyukkishiyev strikes at the police officers, on the bus of the city route number 4 (?!), Soldiers of the Internal Troops arrive at the square and then the rally allegedly accelerates. Police officers who have not fulfilled their professional duties are still at their posts, and dozens of innocent people are under arrest," said Gyulalyev. According to him, the defendants asked the prosecutor why they are now being tried.

"In response, the state prosecutor told the defendants "why were you in the square, why was Beyukkishiyev next to you (?!). In fact, from the words of the prosecutor, it follows that people were arrested just because the criminal was passing by them," said Gyulalyev. He called the display of video frames "moment of truth" in the Ganja case - the complete collapse of the prosecution version.

Persons involved in this case are charged under Article 120 (murder), 315.2 (armed resistance to the police), 220.1 (organization of riots), 224 (illegal violation of weapons), 277 (terror) of the Criminal Code, etc.

* On July 3, 2018, in Ganja, an attempt was made on the then head of the city, Elmar Veliyev. A native of Ganja, Younis Safarov wounded him and the head of the city bodyguard. After that, on social networks, a protest rally was scheduled for July 10 in front of the Ganja administration against Veliyev. On July 10, the IDB reported on the unrest in Ganja, during which two police officers were killed. Following this, mass arrests among believers began. In total about 60 people were brought to criminal responsibility. Another 6 people were killed while providing armed resistance. In early March, two groups of the accused were already sentenced to a total of 14 people who were sentenced to various terms ranging from 5 to 8 years in prison on charges of participating in riots and violence against police officers. -05B06-