AZERBAIJANI ACTIVIST DETAINED OVER ILLEGAL WEAPONS CHARGES
17:54 ~U 15.03.13
A court in Baku has ordered that a member of the Nida citizens’
movement be held for up to three-months in pretrial detention,
RFE/RL reported.
Rashad Hasanov and an employee of the US-based National Democratic
Institute, Ruslan Asad, were detained on March 14.
Asad was later released. Hasanov’s lawyer, Asabali Mustafayev, told
RFE/RL on March 15 that his client is facing charges of illegal weapons
possession and faces up to eight years in prison if found guilty.
Three other Nida activists were arrested for alleged possession of
illegal drugs and weapons before a March 10 protest over the noncombat
deaths of conscripts in the Azerbaijani army.
Police violently dispersed the demonstration. The Nida organization
has described the detentions of Hasanov and its other activists as
being politically motivated.
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