COURTS IN JUNE 2020
10 June
The trial of the religious believers accused of terrorism has begun in Baku
Bahram Qulaliyev
The Azerbaijani State Security Service (SSS) reported that a preliminary investigation into a criminal case against 49-year-old Bahram Qulaliyev, accused of terrorism, had been completed. The criminal case was submitted for consideration to the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
In the coming days, the Judge Sabuhi Huseynova will preside over a preparatory hearing of the case.
According to information obtained by the SSS as a result of operational and investigative activities, it was established that a well-known expert in explosive devices within the international terrorist organisations by the religious name “Abu Ibrahim Daghestani” is in fact a citizen of Azerbaijan, Bahram Qulaliyev. In 2003, he illegally penetrated into the territory of Afghanistan where he joined the militant groups.
As part of an international manhunt, the latter was soon detained in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and extradited to Azerbaijan in October 2019.
In the course of the investigation, it was found that Bahram Qulaliyev had supplied the international terrorist organisations with explosives, conducted training sessions on preparing explosive devices as part of the illegal armed groups made up of foreigners, as well as involved the citizens of Azerbaijan in those armed conflicts.
As a result of ongoing enquiries, the other members of that terrorist gang who had participated in the terrorist training exercises and armed conflicts on the border regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, of which he also later became a part, were detained.
Bahram Qulaliyev has been charged under the Articles 214.2.6 (Preparation of terrorism committed on the base of religious enmity, religious radicalism or religious fanaticism), 218.2 (Participation in criminal community (criminal organization) or in association of organizers, heads or other representatives of the organized groups) и 279.1 (Creation of armed formations or groups, which are not provided by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and also participation in their creation and activity, supplying them by weapon, ammunition, explosives, military engineering or military equipment) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan Republic.
30 June
The detention of Ilham Aliyev, the Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Party, has been extended
Ilham Aliyev
The Baku City Sabayil District Court ruled to extend the detention period of the Azerbaijani Islamic Party (IPA) Deputy Chairman, Ilham Aliyev, until 28 October.
According to Osman Kazimov, the lawyer of Ilham Aliyev, the IPA Deputy Chairman Ilham Aliyev was detained by the State Security Service (SSS) officers on 29 February on charges of the state treason. Ilham Aliyev is currently being held in the SSS Pre-trial Detention Centre. He has no any health problems. He has categorically denied all the charges brought against him.