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    Azeri MPs slam guilty verdict for anti-Armenian protesters

    Turan news agency
    1 Sep 04

    Baku, 1 September: The autumn session of the Milli Maclis [Azerbaijani
    parliament] started today. In the course of debates of issues on
    the agenda, many MPs criticized the conviction of six activists of
    the Karabakh Liberation Organization [KLO] who protested against the
    arrival of Armenian officers in Baku.

    Together with opposition MPs, pro-government deputies also slammed the
    court verdict. MP Cahangir Huseynov said that not the KLO activists,
    but employees of the prosecutor's office and the court should be
    punished.

    MP Zeynab Xanlarova believes that those who "incited" the judge to
    take the erroneous decision are guilty. Armenian blood runs in the
    veins of those people, Xanlarova said.

    MP Gular Ahmadova proposed that an appeal be adopted on behalf
    of MPs asking to review the verdict on the KLO members. Only Musa
    Musayev called on his colleagues not to make national heroes of the
    KLO activists.

    Summing up the debates, Speaker Murtuz Alasgarov said that he also
    supported the KLO's protest against the arrival of Armenians in
    Baku. "However, this is a NATO requirement. And we should comply with
    it if we count on NATO's assistance in the resolution of the Karabakh
    conflict," the speaker said.

    At the same time, he did not rule out that the investigation might have
    "wrongly" assessed the actions of the KLO activists. But parliament
    cannot interfere in the activities of another power branch, and
    therefore, MPs can appeal to court individually.
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