TRIALS IN NOVEMBER 2021
26 November
Consideration of the appeal of the persons involved in the “Ganja case”
Yunis Safarov
A preliminary meeting on the “Ganja case” was held in the Baku Court of Appeal on 26 November. The accused of the attempt on the life of the former head of the city of Ganja Elmar Valiyev – Yunis Safarov and 9 other people appeared before the court. Two more defendants in the case were killed during a special operation by security officials.
In court, Yunis Safarov was handcuffed separately from the other accused. However, after the protest of his lawyer Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, the handcuffs were removed from Safarov.
The lawyers petitioned to consider the appeal with a partial judicial investigation. In the court of first instance, many of their motions were not granted, and the witnesses for the defense were not heard. However, the lawyer of the victim (Elmar Valiyev) did not agree with this, stating that the court of first instance considered the case “fairly”.
One of the accused, Mahir Azizov, was taken to court with his arm plastered. His mother, Mahbuba Azizova, told reporters that her son had a high fever, but no help was provided to him.
“In protest, he injured himself. For two months now he has been suffering, a needle was inserted into his hand. However, he was brought here handcuffed. We expect justice from the court, the court showed respect for the Armenian military, we expect the same,” the woman said.
The court, having rejected all the motions of the defense lawyers.