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Azerbaijani Supreme Court Remains in Force Sentence Against Members of ‘New idea’ Movement

Society Materials 14 August 2007 17:22 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. К.Zarbaliyeva / The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan remained in force the sentence against the members of the 'New idea' Youth's movement. The lawyer, Elman Osmanov, has stated to Trend Agency that the appeal of Ramin Tagiyev and Siyad Nuriyev was declined during the process held in the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan under the chairmanship of the judge, Hajibala Sadikhov.

The lawyer has stated that the defendants are planning to appeal to the European Court on Human Rights.

Bashirli was charged with the contravening Article 29,278 (coup d'etat) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan and was sentenced to 7 years in prison by the decision of the Grave Court. The deputy chairmen of the Movement, Ramin Tagiyev to 4 years in prison and Said Nuriyev to 5.Nuriyev were released in compliance with the latest amnesty act of the President.

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