{"id":29342,"date":"2024-10-25T07:20:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T07:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/?p=29342"},"modified":"2024-10-25T07:20:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T07:20:04","slug":"former-defendant-of-ganja-case-convicted-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/news-feed\/former-defendant-of-ganja-case-convicted-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Former defendant of \u2018Ganja case\u2019 convicted again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/genca-ishi-520x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/genca-ishi-520x292.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/genca-ishi.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trial of Kyamal Guliyev, accused of drug trafficking, has been completed in the Ganja Court of Grave Crimes. The court sentenced him to 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment, relatives of the convict said.&nbsp; Earlier, Guliyev was already tried in the so-called \u2018Ganja case\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recall that he was detained on 10 July 2018 for participating in a protest in front of the executive building in Ganja.&nbsp; The demonstration was organised after the arrest of Yunis Safarov, who made an assassination attempt on 3 July 2018 on the then head of the city Elmar Veliyev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protesters were angered by reports of tortures against Safarov and the authorities&#8217; inaction against the head of the city, who constantly insulted Ganja residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protest action turned into riots and two police officers were killed during the clashes. As a result, dozens of believers were detained, who denied involvement in the violence and testified against themselves under torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kyamal Guliyev was charged under Articles 220.1 (mass riots) and 315.2 (violence against police) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 22 February 2019, the Ganja Court for Serious Crimes sentenced him to 8 years and 6 months of imprisonment. In August 2019, Guliyev and three other participants in these events were pardoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, Guliyev and a number of other former Ganja Case defendants &#8211; Shahin Verdiyev, Alim Yusifov, Araz Hasanov, Mireshgin Seyidov, Yavar Ismailzadeh and Elvin Nazarov &#8211; were arrested again on charges of drug offences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ismailzadeh and Guliyev were sentenced to 5 years and 6 months, while Verdiyev was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months. The trial of Seyidov, Hasanov and Nazarov is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trial of Kyamal Guliyev, accused of drug trafficking, has been completed in the Ganja Court of Grave Crimes. The court sentenced him to 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment, relatives of the convict said.&nbsp; Earlier, Guliyev was already tried in the so-called \u2018Ganja case\u2019. Recall that he was detained on 10 July 2018 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-feed"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29344,"href":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29342\/revisions\/29344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}