MPs urge Azeri court to pass fair verdict on would-be Karabakh guerrillas

Trend news agency
9 Mar 05

Baku, 9 March: A group of Azerbaijani MPs has addressed the chairwoman
of the Appeals Court, Gulzar Rzayeva, in connection with the case
of the “Karabakh guerrillas” who the Grave Crimes Court sentenced to
different prison terms in December. MP Alimammad Nuriyev forwarded the
appeal to Gulzar Rzayeva, the press service of the Karabakh Liberation
Organization (KLO) has told Trend.

“The decision to imprison 21 people caused mixed responses in
society. We think that no heed was paid to these people’s involvement
in the Karabakh war, their health, family status and young age. They
received severe sentences because no consideration was taken of the
fact that their motive was to prepare for a guerrilla war and free
the occupied territories. No attention was paid to the boosting of
the patriotic spirit in the country either,” the address said.

In conclusion, the address urges the court to pass a fair verdict on
the basis of the above-mentioned.

The appeal was signed by MPs Sabir Rustamxanli, Alimammad Nuriyev,
Camil Hasanli, Nizami Quliyev, Qulamhuseyn Alibayli, Qudrat
Hasanquliyev, Mais Safarli, Fazail Ibrahimli and Sirzad Ayyubov.

The Appeals Court is due to consider the case on 14 March.