TRIAL OF AZERBAIJANI ARMY OFFICER RAMIL SAFAROV TAKES PLACE TODAY

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 3 2006

Trial on claim raised by jailers against Azerbaijani Army Officer
Ramil Safarov who is accused of murder of Armenian officer Gurgen
Markaryan in Hungary, has taken place today.

Azerbaijani embassy in Hungary told APA that witnesses gave testimony
on in the trial presided by Judge Tot Dyendver. The trial is
continuing now.

No decision is expected to be made in the trial.

Azerbaijani embassy representatives and students attend the trial.

Ramil safarov’s lawyer is Hungarian Klara Fiser.

Jailers demanded Ramil Safarov to give the phone card on June 19,
2004. Safarov don’t know Hungarian language and he therefore didn’t
understand the jailers and this misunderstanding caused incident
among them. 8 police tied Safarov’s arms and exercised force.

safarov’s lawyers appealed to the court but the court didn’t meet
the appeal through lack of evidences. Then the jailers appealed to
the court claiming Safarov put up resistance to jailers.

Safarov’s lawyer Adil Ismayilov told APA that Defense Ministry assumed
all expenditures for defense of Safarov.