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    Baku Today
    Aug 31 2004

    Akif Nagi Sentenced To 5 Years of Prison

    Turan/Baku Today 31/08/2004 10:48

    Nasimi court has pronounced its sentence to six members of the
    Organization for Liberation of Karabakh (OLK), finding them guilty of
    violation of public order, hooliganism and resistance to state
    officers.

    Judge Famil Nasibov sentenced OLK chairman Akif Nagi to 5 years in
    jail; deputy chairman Firudin Mamedov to 3 years in jail; Ilkin
    Gurbanov, Mursal Hasanov, Rovshan Fatiyev and Manaf Kerimov to 4
    years in jail.

    OLK activists and relatives of defendants protested this decision at
    the court. They were forced out to the street and dispersed by polce.


    On 21 June of this year, a group of OLK members staged a protest
    against Armenian officers' visit for participation in NATO conference
    in Baku. During the rally in front of Grand Hotel Europe, OLK members
    broke into lobby and conference hall where NATO conference was held.
    The doors and windows were broken as the result. Simultaneously,
    clashes started between participants in the action and policemen
    around the hotel. Six participants in the rally were arrested by
    police the next day.

    Various political organizations and public activists made numerous
    applications to the authorities and the Head of State requesting to
    release OLK members, during investigation and trial. OLK is the only
    organization in Azerbaijan raising public awareness of issues related
    to Karabakh conflict. Th estimated membership in this organization is
    more than 10,000.
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