REPRESENTATIVES OF AZERBAIJANI EMBASSY TO HUNGARY WILL OBSERVE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ON RAMIL SAFAROV’S CASE
Author: E. Javvadova

TREND, Azerbaijan
Nov 15 2006

Representatives of the Azerbaijan Embassy to Hungary will observe
the regular judiciary sitting on the case of Ramil Saffarov, Officer
of Azerbaijan Army. It will be held in the Pesht District Court
in Budapest on November 17, a source in the Azerbaijani Embassy to
Hungary told Trend

The court hearing is presided by judge Tot Dendosh. Lawyer Clara
Fisher, will defend the rights of the Azerbaijani Officer.

Azerbaijani Officer, Ramil Safarov, is accused in resistance to
guards while being under the investigation on the fact of murdering
Armenian Officer Gurgen Markaryan. In accordance to the accusation,
on June 19, 2004, guards came to Mr. Safarov and demanded to give
them his telephone card. The Azerbaijani Officer did not fulfill
their demands. Guards wanted to tie his hands, but he resisted them.

During the last judiciary sittings, Mr. Saffarov said that the guards
demanded his card in Hungarian, and he could not fulfill their demands
because of his lack of knowledge of Hungarian. He also said that
eight guards tied him down and beaten him. Mr. Saffarov forwarded
a complaint against them. They did the same thing and forwarded
a complaint against him. Mr. Saffarov’s complaint has not been
considered, but the guards were immediately considered by the court

Ramil Safarov was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering the
Armenian officer, on April 13, 2006. The court hearing on this case
has started at 12:00 Baku time.