Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. К.Zarbaliyeva / The Azerbaijani former Health Minister, Ali Insanov, protested against the court's composition for his appeal lawsuit. During the process, Ali Insanov and other defendants asked the Appeals Court chaired by Judge Gaila Mammadova, to transfer the case to the previous court composition for consideration.
The former Health Minister said his rights were violated. Insanov does not believe he can receive just treatment by Mammadova, Abida Abdinbayova, and Sahibkhana Mirzoyeva and demands a reconsideration of his case.
Mummadova recommended Insanov not to politicize the process. The judge explained the hearing's postponement as being due to the fact that Haji Mammadov was to be included but he was already being held in court.
Insanov expressed dissatisfaction against law bodies not examining his statements during the process.
The Prosecutor, Maharram Mustafayev, spoke against Insanov's statement. Mustafayev asked the judge to remove Insanov from the court. The prosecutor required to decline the petition.
The petition regarding changes in the court composition was declined after discussions with Iman Nagiyev, the Chairman of Baku Appeal Court.
The former Minister was arrested in October 2005 for attempting to perform a coup d'etat, appropriation and embezzlement of state property, exceeding his commissions and responsibilities, and other serious crimes and was sentenced to eleven years of imprisonment and confiscation of his property. Presently, Ali Insanov is kept in the Penal Service of the Bayil Investigation cell. The former Minister demands a transfer to the medical institution of the Penal Service due to a herniated spine.
Former representatives of the Azerbaijani Health Ministry, Fakhraddin Abbasov, Anar Namazov, and Parviz Karimov were sentenced to seven years in prison, Fuad Mahmudov to seven years and six months, Vakil Abbasov to five years, Akif Maharramov to nine years with confiscation of his property, Eldar Rzayev to seven years, Haji Aliyev to seven years, Shovgu Jafarov to seven years, and Alexander Umrashkin to three years.