Trial of Azeri officer due late in November

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Nov 8 2004

The trial of Ramil Safarov, an officer in the Azerbaijani Army,
will be held on November 23, according to Safarov’s defense lawyer
Adil Ismayilov.

Ismayilov said that the Hungary’s Department of Lawyers will act as
the Azerbaijani officer’s defense in the trial.

Safarov was arrested on February 19, 2004 in Budapest after he murdered
an Armenian officer.*