Incident

Incident

Former officer of the Azerbaijani Army and others protest their wives to give testimony

14 January 2009 09:59 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ramil Mammadliâ€“APA. Hearing on the case of former officer of Azerbaijani Army Kamran Asadov and 19 others was held in the Court of Grave Crimes on Wednesday. Witnesses gave testimony in the process presided by judge Islam Neymanov, APA reports. Wives of some of the accused persons were invited to the court room to give a testimony. Kamran Asadov emotionally protested it and said their wivesâ€™ testimony in the court was against the law. â€œDonâ€™tâ€™ involve our wives and relatives in this case. We donâ€™t agree with that they give testimony. They are our families and can not be questioned in the courtâ€.
Judge Islam Neymanov said it was baseless that Asadov and others protested this issue in such manner.
Public prosecutor said the wives of accused persons gave testimony during the preliminary investigation. â€œThey have no official marriage and it prevents them to give testimony in the courtâ€.
The trial will be continued in the afternoon.
Kamran Asadov, Bakhtiyar Orujov, Farid Jabbarov, Elshan Mammadov, Kamran Babayev, Samir Mehbaliyev, Terlan Karimov, Edgar Aliyev, Ramil Karimov, Shirvani Babayev, Samir Aliyev, Yalchin Maharramov, Orkhan ALizadeh, Hajibala Huseynov, Azer Ibadov, Shahriyar Mehraliyev, Ramin Jalilov, Rovshan Abdulaliyev, Ilkin Ismayilov and Vugar Aliyev are accused of setting up a radical religious group, attempting to start military struggle, attacking on LUKoil petrol station in Baku, preparing terror attack on the U.S. and UK embassies in Azerbaijan.