APPEALS COURT ANNULS VERDICT AGAINST PROMINENT AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITIONIST
By empty (8/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Azerbaijan\'s Appeals Court ruled on 2 August to rescind the guilty verdict handed down in October to Rauf Arifoglu, editor of the opposition newspaper \"Yeni Musavat.\" Arifoglu was sentenced to five years\' imprisonment for his imputed role in the clashes between police and opposition supporters in Baku in the wake of the disputed October 2003 presidential election. Arifoglu is the last of seven leading oppositionists sentenced in connection with those clashes to have had his sentence annulled.Visit also
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