BAKU: People Continue Protesting Against Severe Verdict on Safarov

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 15 2006

Azerbaijani people continue protesting against severe verdict on
Ramil Safarov

[ 15 Apr. 2006 15:20 ]

Protest actions are being held in different cities and regions of
Azerbaijan regarding to the Budapest court jailing Azerbaijani army
officer Ramil Safarov to life in prison for murdering of an Armenian
officer.

The Mil-Mughan bureau of APA reports that today the internally
displaced persons from Jabrail, Fuzuli, Zengilan regions, who have
settled in `Shahriyar’ displaced-persons camp organized a
demonstration protesting against the severe verdict on Lt. Ramil
Safarov. The police prevented the protesters who were trying to march
till `Kyur’ bridge near the Ali Bayramli region. The demonstrators
had to read the resolution which denounces the life sentence on
Safarov, and demands fair reconsideration of his case.
The Garabagh Liberation Organization (GLO) today organized a protest
action in the center of Mingechevir city too. The GLO told APA that
the protest brought together GLO members, veterans of the Garabagh
war, and IDPs. The protesters demanded releasing of Ramil Safarov.
The protest action did not suffer any incident./APA/