Investigation on the case of the prisoner of conscience Shrafaddin Mahmudov is completed

Investigatory Department of the Office for Combating Organized Crime of the MIA of Azerbaijan has completed an investigation on criminal case in respect of the prisoner of conscience Sharafaddin Mahmudov.

As a result of falsification of evidence and forgery of documents it was indicted to Mahmudov new accusations on articles 167.2.1 (import religious literature without a permit), 228.1 (illegal storage of ammunition), 234.4.3 (illegal possession with intent to sell drugs on a large scale) and 283.1 (incitement of national, racial, social or religious hatred and enmity) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

Defenders of Sh. Mahmudov – counsels J. Suleymanov and A. Mutallimov stated that with the same success an investigative body could bring charges in murdering of John Kennedy.

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