17:19, 26 October 2019

Parents of convicts in "Ganja case" hold protest action

Parents protested against the arrest of their children. According to the protesters, those accused of unrests didn't commit any unlawful actions; and they were tortured after arrest.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on September 30, the trial was over of another group of convicts under the case of riots in the city of Ganja. Four out of eight defendants received real prison terms; and four were released in the courtroom: two were sentenced conditionally; and two others were sentenced to the terms they had already served.

On July 3, 2018, an assassination attempt was made on Elmar Veliev, the head of the Ganja administration. The law enforcement bodies called the incident a terror act and detained a suspect, Yunis Safarov, a native of Ganja. On July 10, 2018, about 200 people took part in a protest action in Ganja and demanded to investigate the actions of Elmar Veliev himself. Two police officers were killed while dispersing the rally.

The parents' protest action took place in front of the city administration, the "Contact.az" informed on October 25.

The parents protested against the illegal, in their opinion, arrest of young people who did not break the law, but were tortured during the investigation. None of the city leaders went out to talk to the protesters.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on October 26, 2019 at 08:34 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.