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Friday, 12 December 2003
AZERBAIJANI COURT SENTENCES VOLUNTEERS FOR CHECHEN CAUSE
By empty (12/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
After a two-month trial, Azerbaijan\'s Court for Serious War Crimes passed sentence on four young men, including one citizen of Algeria and one of Mauritania, who under the guise of engaging in humanitarian activity recruited volunteers to fight with the Chechen resistance. The two were sentenced on 11 December to nine years\' imprisonment, while two Azerbaijanis found guilty of undergoing military training at a camp in neighboring Georgia were each jailed for three years. (Turan).
After a two-month trial, Azerbaijan\'s Court for Serious War Crimes passed sentence on four young men, including one citizen of Algeria and one of Mauritania, who under the guise of engaging in humanitarian activity recruited volunteers to fight with the Chechen resistance. The two were sentenced on 11 December to nine years\' imprisonment, while two Azerbaijanis found guilty of undergoing military training at a camp in neighboring Georgia were each jailed for three years. (Turan)