Hungarian police sue jailed Azeri officer for putting up resistance
Sarq, Baku
7 Dec 04
Excerpt from report by Azerbaijani newspaper Sarq on 7 December
headlined “The Hungarian police officers have put physical pressure
on Ramil Safarov” and subheaded “There are reports that another action
has been taken against our officer”
Another lawsuit against Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov [charged
with killing his Armenian counterpart during a NATO course in Hungary]
has been lodged with the Budapest city court, his lawyer Adil Ismayilov
has told Sarq.
The lawyer said that an incident took place between our officer
and Hungarian police officers when Safarov was held in a remand
centre. Safarov came under physical pressure during the incident. The
police officers filed a suit against Safarov, saying that he had put
up resistance. Ismayilov also added that the defendant has also filed
a reciprocal suit over the physical pressure he had faced.
[Passage omitted: reported details]
Ismayilov denied the reports that another action had been taken
against Safarov since he had attempted to kill another Armenian
officer. He said that Safarov’s deeds will be assessed within the
framework of the legal proceedings instituted into the killing of
[Armenian officer] Gurgen Markaryan.