HUNGARY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE PROTESTS AGAINST COURT’S DECISION

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Nov 27 2006

Hungary Prosecutor’s office protested against Hungary court decision
November 17 about Ramil Safarov, Azerbaijani army officer, who was
sentenced to life in prison for murdering Armenian lieutenant Gurgen
Markarian in Hungary, Safarov’s lawyer Ikram Shirinov told the APA.

Shirinov said that he had telephone talk with Ramil yesterday. During
their talk Ramil noted that Hungary Prosecutor’s office protested the
court’s decision. The prosecutor’s office asks to aggravate Ramil’s
sentence. Shirinov said that both protest and appeal will be considered
in the same date. The trial date has not fixed yet. The lawyers said
that the date will be fixed by the court. Shirinov said that he will
visit Hungary in ten days, but there are still some technical problems.

It should be noted that, while being held in Hungarian prison in
2004, jailers wanted telephone card from Ramil. But Ramil could
not understand Hungarian which led an incident between them. Eight
police officers tied his hands and used force. Though lawyers for
the Azerbaijani lieutenant appealed to court related to this matter,
the court dismissed the appeal saying there was no evidence. Then the
opposite side claimed that Ramil resisted officials. On November 17
Ramil got 8-month suspended sentence.