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TURAN: RAUF MIRKADIROV ACCUSED OF TRANSFERRING DATA TO ARMENIA WHICH CAN EASILY BE FOUND IN WIKIPEDIA
19:34 18/07/2014 >> REGION
"Suppose Rauf Mirkadyrov spied for the Armenians. Then where is the
money he has earned? Where did he put them, what the funds, which
he according to the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of National
Security had received from the Armenians, have been materialized in?"
wonders the Azerbaijani news agency "Turan."
Yesterday MNS and General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan issued
a joint statement against Rauf Mirkadirov, the journalist of the
newspaper "Zerkalo". The statement read that there were "reasonable
suspicions about Rauf Mirkadirov's conscious cooperation with the
secret police of Armenia."
The article notes that after the deportation of the journalist his
family remained without livelihood. If not for the support of his
colleagues from the international organizations, the family would
still be without a piece of bread. In the Azerbaijani MNS they are
firmly convinced that the cooperation had only material basis.
"There are a lot of questions in the joint statement of the two law
enforcement agencies to which Rauf's lawyers have already responded,
but there are also a couple of questions to the comrades in shoulder
straps. So, they talk about a "closed" meeting of Rauf Mirkadirov with
David Shahnazaryan, as an evidence of meeting with the resident agent.
But it seems that even the security officers do not believe in it.
They know perfectly well that Shahnazaryan was the close fellow fighter
of President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, he advocated a phased settlement
of the conflict (by releasing the regions around Karabakh), he is
rapprochement and cooperation supporter with Azerbaijan and Turkey,
he is for the rapprochement with the West and not Russia," reads
the article.
Further, the agency wonders, where could Mirkadirov find from the
schemes and photos of military units and strategic infrastructure?
"Did he secretly come from Turkey and traveled across the country,
secretly took pictures and shipped back to Armenia? Okay, let's believe
in it. But where was the counterintelligence for so many years. How
could they miss the harmful activities lasting for years, why didn't
they stop him?" Turan writes, noting that those who are interested
in any country may to delve in Wikipedia to find information they need.
"The MNS and Prosecutor's Office's statement also notes about
Mirkadirov's correspondence with Laura Baghdasaryan and David
Shahnazaryan. If you talk about 2008, then note that the correspondence
of the journalist was under control of more than 5 years! And so,
my dears, you were asleep for so many years, quietly watching the
work of the spy network?" the author asks.
In its turn, the Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus in an
article published by "Turan" agency writes that the joint statement
of the special services is not only a Stalinist style, but has also
resemblance to McCarthyism, Maoism, and also indicates a low level
of professionalism.
"Dear investigators, in which century do you live? Have learnt
anything, besides how to invent and falsify charges against the best
people in the country? After all, even falsifications besides being
cynically should be done (here you have succeeded) professionally
and truthfully," says Yunus.
She also notes that Mirkadirov was accused of transferring information
to the Armenian side which is openly available in internet.
"If you do not know, then I will explain, that according to this
agreement, the OSCE countries (Azerbaijan, if you did not know, is
OSCE member country) are obliged to regularly exchange information
with other OSCE countries on their armed forces, armaments, including
acquisitions as well as military spending, daily activities of troops,
military exercises, the development plans of the armed forces, etc."
human rights activist says.
According to her, there can be no evidence against Rauf Mirkadirov
because he has never done anything against the interests of Azerbaijan.
"And such investigation experts, as you have always existed. They were
shooting people in the NKVD under Yezhov and Beria leadership, they
were rotting in U.S. prisons during the McCarthy during 1940-1950s of
the last century. Today, the name of President Ilham Aliyev is on this
blacklist of dictators. And the case of Rauf Mirkadirov, just like the
case of late Novruzali Mamedov (former editor of "Tolyshi sado", who
was accused of spying and died in prison in Azerbaijan in 2009 - Ed.),
will become the symbol of lawlessness in the country," concludes Yunus.
Rauf Mirkadirov, columnist of Azerbaijani newspaper "Zerkalo", was
arrested on April 18 in Ankara on charges of expiration of documents.
On April 19 Mirkadirov was deported to Azerbaijan, where he
immediately was arrested and put in custody by the MNS on suspicion
of treason. On April 21 the court in Baku sanctioned his arrest for
three months. Mirkadirov is accused of the cooperation with special
services of Armenia; specifically he is accused of making the transfers
of the state secret information, including those about the dislocation
of Azerbaijani Armed forces to Armenia during 2008-2009.
Source: Panorama.am
19:34 18/07/2014 >> REGION
"Suppose Rauf Mirkadyrov spied for the Armenians. Then where is the
money he has earned? Where did he put them, what the funds, which
he according to the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of National
Security had received from the Armenians, have been materialized in?"
wonders the Azerbaijani news agency "Turan."
Yesterday MNS and General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan issued
a joint statement against Rauf Mirkadirov, the journalist of the
newspaper "Zerkalo". The statement read that there were "reasonable
suspicions about Rauf Mirkadirov's conscious cooperation with the
secret police of Armenia."
The article notes that after the deportation of the journalist his
family remained without livelihood. If not for the support of his
colleagues from the international organizations, the family would
still be without a piece of bread. In the Azerbaijani MNS they are
firmly convinced that the cooperation had only material basis.
"There are a lot of questions in the joint statement of the two law
enforcement agencies to which Rauf's lawyers have already responded,
but there are also a couple of questions to the comrades in shoulder
straps. So, they talk about a "closed" meeting of Rauf Mirkadirov with
David Shahnazaryan, as an evidence of meeting with the resident agent.
But it seems that even the security officers do not believe in it.
They know perfectly well that Shahnazaryan was the close fellow fighter
of President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, he advocated a phased settlement
of the conflict (by releasing the regions around Karabakh), he is
rapprochement and cooperation supporter with Azerbaijan and Turkey,
he is for the rapprochement with the West and not Russia," reads
the article.
Further, the agency wonders, where could Mirkadirov find from the
schemes and photos of military units and strategic infrastructure?
"Did he secretly come from Turkey and traveled across the country,
secretly took pictures and shipped back to Armenia? Okay, let's believe
in it. But where was the counterintelligence for so many years. How
could they miss the harmful activities lasting for years, why didn't
they stop him?" Turan writes, noting that those who are interested
in any country may to delve in Wikipedia to find information they need.
"The MNS and Prosecutor's Office's statement also notes about
Mirkadirov's correspondence with Laura Baghdasaryan and David
Shahnazaryan. If you talk about 2008, then note that the correspondence
of the journalist was under control of more than 5 years! And so,
my dears, you were asleep for so many years, quietly watching the
work of the spy network?" the author asks.
In its turn, the Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus in an
article published by "Turan" agency writes that the joint statement
of the special services is not only a Stalinist style, but has also
resemblance to McCarthyism, Maoism, and also indicates a low level
of professionalism.
"Dear investigators, in which century do you live? Have learnt
anything, besides how to invent and falsify charges against the best
people in the country? After all, even falsifications besides being
cynically should be done (here you have succeeded) professionally
and truthfully," says Yunus.
She also notes that Mirkadirov was accused of transferring information
to the Armenian side which is openly available in internet.
"If you do not know, then I will explain, that according to this
agreement, the OSCE countries (Azerbaijan, if you did not know, is
OSCE member country) are obliged to regularly exchange information
with other OSCE countries on their armed forces, armaments, including
acquisitions as well as military spending, daily activities of troops,
military exercises, the development plans of the armed forces, etc."
human rights activist says.
According to her, there can be no evidence against Rauf Mirkadirov
because he has never done anything against the interests of Azerbaijan.
"And such investigation experts, as you have always existed. They were
shooting people in the NKVD under Yezhov and Beria leadership, they
were rotting in U.S. prisons during the McCarthy during 1940-1950s of
the last century. Today, the name of President Ilham Aliyev is on this
blacklist of dictators. And the case of Rauf Mirkadirov, just like the
case of late Novruzali Mamedov (former editor of "Tolyshi sado", who
was accused of spying and died in prison in Azerbaijan in 2009 - Ed.),
will become the symbol of lawlessness in the country," concludes Yunus.
Rauf Mirkadirov, columnist of Azerbaijani newspaper "Zerkalo", was
arrested on April 18 in Ankara on charges of expiration of documents.
On April 19 Mirkadirov was deported to Azerbaijan, where he
immediately was arrested and put in custody by the MNS on suspicion
of treason. On April 21 the court in Baku sanctioned his arrest for
three months. Mirkadirov is accused of the cooperation with special
services of Armenia; specifically he is accused of making the transfers
of the state secret information, including those about the dislocation
of Azerbaijani Armed forces to Armenia during 2008-2009.
Source: Panorama.am