Political Prisoners

Ulvi Hasanli

Male

Smuggling, Art. 206.3.2. of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan

Detained in Pre-trial Detention Center N1

Journalist, head of the "Abzas Media"

Ulvi Tahirov

Male

Conspiring to smuggle foreign currency

Detained in Pre-Trial Detention Center N1

Deputy Director of the Baku School of Journalism

Ulviyya Ali qizi Quliyeva (Ulviyya Ali)

Female

Article 206.3.2 (Smuggling, is moving large amount through customs border of the Republic of Azerbaijan of goods or other subjects, committed on preliminary arrangement by group of persons) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 7 May 2025, the Baku City Khatai District Court issued a ruling: to apply a preventive measure against Ulviya Quliyeva (Ulviyya Ali) in the form of arrest for a period of 1 month and 29 days. The period of detention in custody during the investigation has been subsequently extended times

Pre-trial Detention Center № 1 at the Kyurdakhani settlement in Baku City Sabunchu District

a freelance journalist

Umidvar Akif oglu Yagubov

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. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku.

a religious believer.

Vahid Vahir 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 Republic of Azerbaijan.

member of the Muslim Unity Movement

Vasif Abbasov

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 April 31, 2023, Vasif Abbasov, a resident of the Lankaran district, was sentenced to 4 months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times.

believer.

Vasif Nabiyev

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. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku.

a religious believer.

Vilayat Gadimov

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.

activist of the Muslim Unity Movement

Vugar Jalal oglu Mammadov

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

Vugar Mahammad 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. On March 15, 2023, Vugar Huseynov was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times.

Telman Huseynov

a religious believer.