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    Trial of young opposition members starts in Azeri capital

    ANS TV, Baku
    31 Mar 06

    [Presenter] The trial of three members of the [opposition] Yeni Fikir
    youth organization started today. They are charged with meeting
    members of the Armenian security services in Tbilisi in July 2005
    and accepting 2,000 dollars as payment for the task given to them.
    According to information obtained during an investigation, the task
    was to attempt to overthrow the [Azerbaijani] government.

    [Correspondent over video of the trial] The leader of Yeni Fikir,
    Ruslan Basirli, and his deputies, Said Nuriyev and Ramin Tagiyev,
    face charges under articles 278, 192.2.1 and 192.2.2 of the Criminal
    Code, that is an attempted coup d'etat and illegal entrepreneurship.

    Judge Tofiq Pasayev presided over a preliminary session and allowed
    reporters to film the trial only for several minutes. Petitions filed
    by defence lawyers Osman Kazimov and Elcin Qambarov were the most
    noteworthy part of the session. They said that the list of evidence
    submitted to the judge is not satisfactory and that there are gaps
    on the list. For instance, the prosecution has failed to produce
    any evidence showing that Merabi Dzhibutia and Giorgi Isparyan, whom
    Basirli met in Tbilisi, were members of the Armenian intelligence,
    Osman Kazimov said. Second, the name of the embassy where the
    defendants met and received instructions on preparing a coup d'etat
    is not mentioned.

    [Passage omitted: Prosecutor said that there is enough evidence,
    judge decided to conduct the trial behind closed doors for national
    security reasons]
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