JAILED AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITIONISTS APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY
By empty (11/24/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The seven Azerbaijani opposition leaders who were sentenced to up to five years\' imprisonment on charges of inciting violent protests in Baku after the October 2003 presidential election have asked Azerbaijan\'s top Muslim clergyman, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allakhshukur Pashazade, to present President Ilham Aliyev with their collective appeal for a pardon. Pashazade is a member of the presidential commission on pardons. Even before the seven men were sentenced, President Aliyev hinted that there was no doubt as to their guilt; he subsequently said they would not be pardoned in the near future.Visit also
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