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Representative of notorious youth movement released
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Aug 16 2005
Baku, August 15, AssA-Irada -- Representative of the notorious Yeni
Fikir (New Thought) youth movement, who accompanied chairman Ruslan
Bashirli charged with plotting with Armenian intelligence to stage
a coup in Azerbaijan, has been released from custody, Prosecutor
General Zakir Garalov told journalists on Monday.
Alimuradov, who acted as an interpreter for Bashirli during a visit
to Tbilisi, Georgia, where the latter had a conversation with two
Armenian secret service agents, reported to the law enforcement about
the meeting.
Garalov said that a person, who notifies law-enforcement bodies about
the crime he knows, is not imprisoned. He noted that Yeni Fikir has
not been officially registered by the government.
The Prosecutor General expressed disappointment with the statements
issued by the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) after the
incident. The PFPA chairman Ali Karimli known to maintain close ties
with the movement, said following the incident that Bashirli bears
'moral' but not 'criminal responsibility' for the developments.
"Why are the PFPA members so anxious about Bashirli - the Yeni Fikir
movement was not set up within the party", said Garalov. The movement's
sources of funding will be made public in the near future, he added.*
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Aug 16 2005
Baku, August 15, AssA-Irada -- Representative of the notorious Yeni
Fikir (New Thought) youth movement, who accompanied chairman Ruslan
Bashirli charged with plotting with Armenian intelligence to stage
a coup in Azerbaijan, has been released from custody, Prosecutor
General Zakir Garalov told journalists on Monday.
Alimuradov, who acted as an interpreter for Bashirli during a visit
to Tbilisi, Georgia, where the latter had a conversation with two
Armenian secret service agents, reported to the law enforcement about
the meeting.
Garalov said that a person, who notifies law-enforcement bodies about
the crime he knows, is not imprisoned. He noted that Yeni Fikir has
not been officially registered by the government.
The Prosecutor General expressed disappointment with the statements
issued by the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) after the
incident. The PFPA chairman Ali Karimli known to maintain close ties
with the movement, said following the incident that Bashirli bears
'moral' but not 'criminal responsibility' for the developments.
"Why are the PFPA members so anxious about Bashirli - the Yeni Fikir
movement was not set up within the party", said Garalov. The movement's
sources of funding will be made public in the near future, he added.*