AssA-Irada
July 7 2004

Trial of individual charged with high treason underway

The trial of ethnic Armenian R. Eyvazov is underway at the Military
Court for Serious Crimes.

He is charged with passing on military secrets to Armenia and
torturing Azerbaijani captives in Khankandi prison while on duty as
an officer of the Azerbaijan Army during the war. He is accused of
personal involvement in the beating to death of Azerbaijani
prisoners.

The National Security Ministry and Military Prosecutor’s Office began
the case against Eyvazov after a number of Azerbaijani soldiers,
returning home from captivity with the aid of international
organizations, informed relevant government agencies of the horrors
they suffered.