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Political Prisoners

Gender
Name
Gender
Articles
Prison
Judge
Councel
Occupation
Nijat Alniyaz oglu Aliyev
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 the afternoon of December 1, 2022, Nijat Aliyev was detained near his home in the village of Masazir by civilians and taken to an unknown location without a warrant or witnesses. His relatives later learned that he had been arrested by police on drug possession charges. On December 2, 2022, the Binagadi District Court of Baku sentenced him to four months' imprisonment as a preventive measure to continue the investigation. His pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times.
Penal Colony No. 10 in the Narimanov District of Baku.
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
Nijat Jabbar oglu Aslanov
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.
Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku.
believer
Nijat Niyazi oglu Jafarov
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.
Colony No. 17 in the village of Bina in the Azizbekov District of Baku.
Mushfig Mammadov
a religious believer
Nijat Sardar oglu Agayev
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.
Pretrial Detention Facility No. 3 in the village of Shuvalan in the Khazar District of Baku.
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
Niyamaddin Akhmadov
Male
Under Article 214-1 (Financing of terrorism) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan
On October 8, 2021, the Baku Grave Crimes Court sentenced him to 13 years in prison in a strict regime penal colony.
Member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA)
Niyameddin Bahaddin oglu Huseynov
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.
Farid Namazov
a religious believer.
Nizami Elkhan oglu Akhmedov
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 Azerbaijan Republic. On March 12, 2023, Nizami Akhmedov was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. The pretrial detention period was subsequently extended several times.
activist of the Muslim Unity Movement
Novruz Taghiyev
Male
178.2 (fraud – taking possession of another's property or obtaining property rights through abuse of trust or deception)
He was sentenced to 4 months of pretrial detention and taken to the Kurdakhani Detention Center.
Security guard
Nurlan Gahramanli
Male
Conspiring to smuggle foreign currency
Detained in Pre-trial Detention Center N1
Anti-war activist, blogger, and freelance reporter for Meydan TV
Nurlan Mirzyayev
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.
Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in Kurdakhani village, Sabunchu district, Baku
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
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