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Political Prisoners

Gender
Name
Gender
Articles
Prison
Judge
Councel
Occupation
Ilyas Tofig oglu Gasimov
Male
Article 234.4.3 (Illegal acquisition or possession for the purpose of sale, manufacture, production, processing, transportation, transfer, or sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in large quantities) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
Imamverdi Muhammad oglu Akhmedov
Male
Article 28, 278.2 (Preparation for actions aimed at the violent change of the constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan, including its secular nature, or the violation of territorial integrity, or the violent seizure of power, based on religious hatred, religious radicalism, or religious fanaticism) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku.
a believer
Imran Alasgarov
Male
Article 234.4.3 (Illegal acquisition or possession for the purpose of sale, manufacture, production, processing, transportation, shipment, or sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in large quantities) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On March 12, 2023, Imran Alasgarov was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times.
a religious believer.
Imran Aliyev
Male
Smuggling, Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan
Detained in Pre-trial Detention Center N1
Founder and CEO of Meclis.info
Intigam Yusif oglu Gaibov
Male
Gobustan closed prison.
Isfandiyar Arzu oglu Mammadov
Male
Article 234.1-1 (Illegal acquisition or possession without intent to sell of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in quantities exceeding those necessary for personal consumption, committed on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Rasim Sadikhov
activist of the Muslim Unity Movement
Ismail Intigam oglu Huseynov
Male
Article 274 (Treason) and other articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Ismayil Agayev
Male
Article 234.4.3 (Illegal acquisition or possession for the purpose of sale, manufacture, production, processing, transportation, shipment, or sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in large quantities) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
a religious believer.
Ismayil Nizami oglu Ismayilov
Male
Article 234.4.3 (Illegal acquisition or possession for the purpose of sale, manufacture, production, processing, transportation, transfer, or sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in large quantities) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On March 10, 2023, Ismayil Ismayilov, a resident of Beylagan, was sentenced by the Lankaran District Court to four months of imprisonment in a pretrial detention facility during the preliminary investigation. The Lankaran District Court subsequently extended his pretrial detention during the investigation.
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
Jabbar Amirkhan oglu Jabbarov
Male
Under 15 articles of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic, including Articles 28 (Preparation for a Crime), 214.2.1 (Terrorism Committed by a Group of Persons by Prior Conspiracy, an Organized Group, or a Criminal Association), 214.2.3 (Terrorism Committed with the Use of Firearms and Objects Used as Weapons), 220.2 (Calls for Active Disobedience to the Lawful Demands of Authorities and for Mass Riots, as well as Calls for Violence against Citizens), 228.4 (Illegal Acquisition, Sale, or Carrying of Gas Weapons or Bladed Weapons), and 315.2 (Resisting an Official Performing His Official Duties, Using Violence Dangerous to the Life or Health of the Official) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On May 19, 2016, the investigation brought new serious charges under Articles 29 (Attempted crime), 120.2.1 (Intentional murder committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, an organized group or a criminal community), 120.2.3 (Intentional murder of the victim or his relatives in connection with the performance of official duties by this person or the fulfillment of public duty), 120.2.4 (Intentional murder committed with particular cruelty), 120.2.7 (Intentional murder of two or more persons) and 120.2.12 (Intentional murder based on interethnic, religious or racial hatred) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Colony No. 11 in the Binagadi District of Baku
Alovsat Abbasov
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
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