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The trial in the criminal case involving Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) Chairman Ali Karimli and party Presidium member Mammad Ibrahim has begun.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that a preliminary hearing was held today at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, chaired by Judge Vugar Guliyev.
Personal details were confirmed during the hearing.
The court ruled that the case should proceed to trial.
The hearing is scheduled for November 13.
Ali Karimli and Mammad Ibrahim were detained by the State Security Service in December last year.
They have been charged under Article 278.1 of the Criminal Code, which covers acts aimed at forcibly seizing power or forcibly changing the constitutional order of the state (APA).
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The trial in the criminal case involving Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) Chairman Ali Karimli and his deputy, Mammad Ibrahim, is due to begin today.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that the case will be heard by a panel chaired by Judge Vugar Guliyev at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.
The case against Karimli and his deputy was investigated by the Main Investigation Department of the State Security Service (SSS). They were formally charged under Article 278.1 of the Criminal Code, which covers acts aimed at forcibly seizing power.
The investigating authority will send the evidence it has gathered, together with the indictment, to the Baku Court of Grave Crimes in the coming days.
The article provides for a prison sentence of up to 20 years or, depending on the circumstances of the case, life imprisonment.
Karimli and Ibrahim were arrested last year in connection with the continuation of the criminal case against former head of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev.
A panel chaired by Judge Murad Aslanov at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes has handed down a sentence against Mehdiyev.
Ramiz Mehdiyev was sentenced to 14 years in prison. The court applied Article 70 of the Criminal Code, which concerns conditional sentencing.
Taking into account Mehdiyev’s health and age, in light of his existing illnesses, the court decided to suspend the prison sentence imposed under Article 70 of the Criminal Code.
The ruling also said that a submission would be made to consider stripping Ramiz Mehdiyev of his state awards.
In addition, the court ordered the special confiscation of Ramiz Mehdiyev’s property in favor of the state.
