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Political Prisoners

Gender
Name
Gender
Articles
Prison
Judge
Councel
Occupation
Elvin Mustafayev
Male
Illegal acquisition, storage, production, processing, and transportation of narcotic drugs without intent to sell
Convicted
Labor rights activist
Elvin Nasirov
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.
a religious believer.
Elvin Nyazyarov
Male
Article 234.1-1 (Illegal acquisition or possession of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in quantities exceeding those necessary for personal use, committed on a large scale, without intent to sell) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
a believer.
Elvin Sadigov
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.
Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku
theologian
Emin Ibrahimov
Male
Intentional infliction of serious harm to health from hooligan motives (Article 126.2.4); hooliganism (Article 221 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan)
Pre-trial detention center No. 3 in the village of Shuvalan in the Khazar district of Baku
Vugar Guliyev
Former Azerbaijani diplomat
Emin Jahangirov
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.
Etibar Rasim oglu Ismayilov
Male
Articles 228.1 (Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation, or carrying of firearms, their components, ammunition (except for smooth-bore hunting weapons and ammunition), explosives, or explosive devices) and 234.4.3 (Illegal acquisition or storage 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 February 2, 2023, the Sabunchu District Court of Baku sentenced 60-year-old Etibar Ismayilov, a resident of the village of Mashtaga, to four months' imprisonment in a pretrial detention center during the preliminary investigation. The Sabunchu District Court subsequently extended E. Ismayilov's pretrial detention for the duration of the investigation.
Colony No. 13 in the village of Buta in the Garadagh District of Baku.
Azad Majidov
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
Eyvaz Telman oglu Bakhshiyev
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.
Fadail Shukurov
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.
Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku
Telman Khuseynov
a member of the Muslim Unity Movement.
Fadayim 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.
Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku.
a religious believer.
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