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"FACTHEBER": AZERBAIJANI TERRORISTS FIGHTING IN SYRIA ARE NOT LIABLE IN THEIR HOMELAND
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/09/13/wahhabis-azerbaijan/
10:00 13/09/2013 " REGION
"According to unofficial data, about 250 Azerbaijani Wahhabis are
fighting today in Syria. Also there are a lot of "mujahideens"
who have been wounded and have returned home. But the question is,
whether these Azerbaijanis will be criminally liable for their
return to Azerbaijan?" reads the article of Hayal Shukur, published
in Azerbaijani website "Factheber."
The author notes that Azerbaijan is often quoted as a country that
is fighting the terrorism, however on this background the Azerbaijani
terrorists are fighting in Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The article
says that in addition to disseminated information about the deaths
of Azerbaijani Wahhabis, fighting among terrorist groups in Syria,
also their bodies were sent out.
Hayal Shukur wonders whether the Azerbaijani citizens carry criminal
responsibility by the law, for joining the armed terrorist groups in
foreign countries. Prominent lawyer, Aslan Ismailov and expert of
Scientific and Practical Law Center, a former police chief Mahmoud
Hajiyev, expressed interesting views in this regard.
Aslan Ismailov noted, "In Azerbaijan they are held criminally liable
only for violations committed inside the country. The criminal may
be prosecuted for a crime committed in a foreign country only if
the law enforcement agencies of that state appeal to Azerbaijan in
connection with this crime. The same applies to the abovementioned
Wahhabis. They can be arrested only upon presentation of evidence by
the Syrian authorities on this regard."
In his turn Mahmoud Hajiyev, noted that there are a lot of gaps in the
Azerbaijani legislation, and the Azerbaijani MPs manipulate the laws.
"Are the laws in the country observed to talk about the responsibility
for the crimes [committed] out of the country? You must first correct
the errors in the country in order to get to the other countries. Our
legislation does not have an act, concerning the Azerbaijanis fighting
abroad," he said and noted that the process of Azerbaijani citizens
joining the foreign armed groups became widespread in the past
few years.
During the last period the media reports about a number of deaths of
Azerbaijani terrorists in Syria. In early April, the Turkish sites have
reported that about 30 terrorists from Azerbaijan have already been
killed in Syria. According to the Azerbaijani conflict scientist Arif
Yunus more than 300 Islamists from Azerbaijan are fighting in Syria,
Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, according to Arif Yunus and the
"Facthaber" portal, over 100 Azerbaijani terrorists are fighting in
Syria. Azerbaijani terrorists had even placed an online video-record
calling for "jihad."
The relationship between international terrorist groups and Azerbaijan
originated in the early 1990s. That time, the Azerbaijani army,
having failed in the aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
(NKR), retreated with losses. Trying to save the situation, the
Azerbaijani leadership, headed by Heydar Aliyev involved in the war
carried out against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh international
terrorists and members of radical groups from Afghanistan (groupings
of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar), Turkey ("Grey Wolves", etc.), Chechnya
(groupings Basayev and Raduyev etc.) and some other regions.
Despite the involvement of thousands of foreign mercenaries and
terrorists in the Azerbaijani army during the war, the Azerbaijani
aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic failed, and the
authorities of Baku were forced to sign an armistice with the NKR and
Armenia. However, international terrorists found ties in Azerbaijan,
and used them in the future. Recruitment was carried out among
the Azerbaijanis, who then were sent to Afghanistan and the North
Caucasus, where participated in the battles against the forces of
the international coalition and Russian institutions.
In recent years, the citizens of Azerbaijan are actively involved in
terrorist and extremist activities in Russia, Afghanistan and Syria.
In Azerbaijan the citizens are brought to criminal liability for
participating in "illegal paramilitary groups" in Afghanistan,
sentenced to minor terms of imprisonment.
Source: Panorama.am
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/09/13/wahhabis-azerbaijan/
10:00 13/09/2013 " REGION
"According to unofficial data, about 250 Azerbaijani Wahhabis are
fighting today in Syria. Also there are a lot of "mujahideens"
who have been wounded and have returned home. But the question is,
whether these Azerbaijanis will be criminally liable for their
return to Azerbaijan?" reads the article of Hayal Shukur, published
in Azerbaijani website "Factheber."
The author notes that Azerbaijan is often quoted as a country that
is fighting the terrorism, however on this background the Azerbaijani
terrorists are fighting in Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The article
says that in addition to disseminated information about the deaths
of Azerbaijani Wahhabis, fighting among terrorist groups in Syria,
also their bodies were sent out.
Hayal Shukur wonders whether the Azerbaijani citizens carry criminal
responsibility by the law, for joining the armed terrorist groups in
foreign countries. Prominent lawyer, Aslan Ismailov and expert of
Scientific and Practical Law Center, a former police chief Mahmoud
Hajiyev, expressed interesting views in this regard.
Aslan Ismailov noted, "In Azerbaijan they are held criminally liable
only for violations committed inside the country. The criminal may
be prosecuted for a crime committed in a foreign country only if
the law enforcement agencies of that state appeal to Azerbaijan in
connection with this crime. The same applies to the abovementioned
Wahhabis. They can be arrested only upon presentation of evidence by
the Syrian authorities on this regard."
In his turn Mahmoud Hajiyev, noted that there are a lot of gaps in the
Azerbaijani legislation, and the Azerbaijani MPs manipulate the laws.
"Are the laws in the country observed to talk about the responsibility
for the crimes [committed] out of the country? You must first correct
the errors in the country in order to get to the other countries. Our
legislation does not have an act, concerning the Azerbaijanis fighting
abroad," he said and noted that the process of Azerbaijani citizens
joining the foreign armed groups became widespread in the past
few years.
During the last period the media reports about a number of deaths of
Azerbaijani terrorists in Syria. In early April, the Turkish sites have
reported that about 30 terrorists from Azerbaijan have already been
killed in Syria. According to the Azerbaijani conflict scientist Arif
Yunus more than 300 Islamists from Azerbaijan are fighting in Syria,
Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, according to Arif Yunus and the
"Facthaber" portal, over 100 Azerbaijani terrorists are fighting in
Syria. Azerbaijani terrorists had even placed an online video-record
calling for "jihad."
The relationship between international terrorist groups and Azerbaijan
originated in the early 1990s. That time, the Azerbaijani army,
having failed in the aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
(NKR), retreated with losses. Trying to save the situation, the
Azerbaijani leadership, headed by Heydar Aliyev involved in the war
carried out against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh international
terrorists and members of radical groups from Afghanistan (groupings
of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar), Turkey ("Grey Wolves", etc.), Chechnya
(groupings Basayev and Raduyev etc.) and some other regions.
Despite the involvement of thousands of foreign mercenaries and
terrorists in the Azerbaijani army during the war, the Azerbaijani
aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic failed, and the
authorities of Baku were forced to sign an armistice with the NKR and
Armenia. However, international terrorists found ties in Azerbaijan,
and used them in the future. Recruitment was carried out among
the Azerbaijanis, who then were sent to Afghanistan and the North
Caucasus, where participated in the battles against the forces of
the international coalition and Russian institutions.
In recent years, the citizens of Azerbaijan are actively involved in
terrorist and extremist activities in Russia, Afghanistan and Syria.
In Azerbaijan the citizens are brought to criminal liability for
participating in "illegal paramilitary groups" in Afghanistan,
sentenced to minor terms of imprisonment.
Source: Panorama.am
From: Baghdasarian