Trial of Azeri pressure group members postponed
ANS Radio, Baku
9 Aug 04
The trial in the case of the six arrested members of the Karabakh
Liberation Organization KLO was to have begun at Baku’s Nasimi
district court today. However, the trial was postponed, since lawyers
Elton Quliyev and Vidadi Mahmudlu did not appear in court.
The court is presided over by judge Famil Nasibov. At the preliminary
hearing on 27 July, the judge rejected the appeal to release the KLO
members.
KLO Chairman Akif Nagi, his deputy Firudin Mammadov, KLO members Manaf
Karimov, Rovsan Fatiyev, Mursal Hasanov and Ilkin Qurbanov, were
arrested for protesting against the visit of Armenian officers to Baku
to attend NATO exercises on 22 June.