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Preparatory Hearing on Azerbaijani Former Health Minister’s Lawsuit against Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences

Society Materials 22 June 2007 15:46 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend К.Zarbaliyeva / The preparatory hearing on the lawsuit of Ali Insanov , the former Azerbaijani Health Minister, against the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (NASA) was held.

During the hearing, held at the Sabail District Court in Baku under the chairmanship of Judge Yusif Karimov , the attorney of the former minister Agaves Shahverdi , produced a petition on submitting protocol to Court and a resolution of NASA from the 4th of May, along with the Azerbaijani Grave Court's letters from the 30th of April, addressed to NASA, and providing the participation of Ali Insanov in the process.

The Lawyer noted that Insanov represented a letter to the chief of the Isolation cell, where he was being kept, regarding his participation during the process. The Judge has informed the public that he has yet to receive the letter.

During the trial the Lawyer addressed the Court with a statement expanding the demands of the lawsuit. Shahverdiyev in his statement required to revoke the protocol of NASA from the 4th of May, and the Azerbaijani Grave Court's letter from the 30th of April, addressed to NASA and to fine both structures for moral damage at AZM 28mln. The sum will be given to the Scientific research Institute of pulmonary disease. The Lawyer demanded a case against Faig Gasimov , the Judge of the Grave Court of Azerbaijan and to submit the document to the Azerbaijani Lawful Council.

The Lawyer noted that Gasimov submitted a letter to NASA before the Court sentence. On the basis of this letter Insanov was excluded from the Academy of Sciences.

The Court provided the petition of the Lawyer on the representation of aforesaid documents given to the Court. The petition of Insanov to participate in the process was canceled.

The discussion of the statement on expansion demands of the lawsuit was postponed till the next hearing. The Court anounced that this issue will be discussed after the submitting of protocol of NASA from the 4th of May to Court. The preparatory hearing was postponed till the 27th of June at 09:40.

The former Minister was charged for a coup d'etat and mass disorders in October 2005, as well as for corruption and was sentenced to eleven years of imprisonment along with the confiscation of his property.

Presently, Ali Insanov is kept in the Bail Investigation cell 1 Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan.

Insanov demands to relocate him to the Patient Care Institution of the Penitentiary Service. The medical examination proved Insanov's spine hernia.

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