AZERI SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON GET LONG PRISON TERMS
Azeri Press Agency
May 15 2008
Azerbaijan
Baku, 15 May: The Military Court for Serious Crimes has issued its
verdict on five soldiers from a Fuzuli [district partly-occupied by
Armenia]-based military unit of the Defence Ministry who have been
charged with cooperating with the Armenian secret services.
Mubariz Sixaliyev and Seyran Ismiyev were sentenced to 14 years, Nofal
Babayev, Samaddin Quliyev and Famil Agayev were sentenced to 13 years
in prison respectively under the ruling issued by judge Islam Nematov
who presided over the trial. The defendants were charged under Articles
274 (high treason) and 338.1 (violation of military service rules)
[of the Criminal Code].