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Kamran Asadovâ€™s friend gives testimony in trial of radical religious group

05 March 2009 15:54 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ramil Mammadli-APA. The hearing on the case of former officer of Azerbaijani Army Kamran Asadov and 19 others continued in the Military Court of Grave Crimes.
APA reports that judge Islam Neymanov presided over the process.
As soon as the hearing began, defendant Ilkin Ismayilov said his beard had been shaved off in the detention facility by force. Defendant Samir Mehraliyev said they were told in the detention facility that it had been ordered by the judge. Judge Islam Neymanov said he had not told anybody about it.
â€œIt is of no importance for me, whether you are shaved or not,â€ he said.
Other defendants also protested against shaving.
Giving testimony in the hearing witness Emil Bunyadzadeh said he was defendant Kamrann Asadovâ€™s friend. The witness characterized Asadov as a positive person. Judge Islam Neymanov said some witnesses had officially sent letters to the court writing that they would miss the hearing.
The judge said Nijat Jafarov, Kamran Gadirov and Rahim Gadirov, who had been interrogated during the initial investigation, sent a letter to the court saying they would miss the hearing because of justifiable reasons. The defendants demanded Kamran Gadirov to give testimony in the court.
The hearing has been postponed till March 13.

Kamran Asadov, Bakhtiyar Orujov, Farid Jabbarov, Elshan Mammadov, Kamran Babayev, Samir Mehbaliyev, Terlan Karimov, Edgar Aliyev, Ramil Karimov, Shirvani Babayev, Samir Aliyev, Yashar Maharramov, Orkhan Alizadeh, Hajibala Huseynov, Azer Ibadov, Shahriyar Maharramov, 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.