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Political Prisoners

Gender
Name
Gender
Articles
Prison
Judge
Councel
Occupation
Faig Arif oglu Aliyev.
Male
Articles 150.2.1 (Violent sexual acts committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy or by an organized group with the use of violence or the threat of violence against the victim), 274 (Treason), and other articles of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Presiding Judge: Vugar Mammadov. Judges: Salman Huseynov, Vidadi Nasirov.
Famil Khalilov
Male
Large-scale drug trafficking, Article 234.4.3 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan
Blogger, disabled human rights activist
Farid Ismailov
Male
Conspiring to smuggle foreign currency; Hiring workers without a labor contract; Illegal entrepreneurship with significant income; Large-scale money laundering by an organized group; Tax evasion by an organized group
Detained in Pre-trial Detention Center N1
Toplum TV journalist
Farid Mehralizade
Male
Smuggling , Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan
Detained in Pre-trial Detention Center N1
Economist, journalist
Farid Mehralizade
Male
Under Article 206.3.2 (Smuggling, i.e., large-scale movement across the customs border of the Republic of Azerbaijan, carried out by a group of persons by prior agreement) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On June 1, 2024, the Khatai District Court of Baku sentenced Farid Mehralizade to 3 months and 20 days of imprisonment in a pretrial detention center for the period of preliminary investigation. The term of detention under arrest for the period of investigation was subsequently extended several times.
Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in the Kurdakhani settlement in the Sabunchu district of Baku
Economic expert
Fariz 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.
Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku.
a religious believer.
Farman Suleyman oglu Karimov
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
activist of the Muslim Unity Movement
Fatima Movlamli
Female
Conspiring to smuggle foreign currency
Detained in Pre-trial Detention Center N1
Freelance reporter for Meydan TV
Fazil Gasimov
Male
Manufacture, purchase or sale of counterfeit money as part of an organized group; Article 204.3.1 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan
Economist
Firudin Zeynalov
Male
Charges: Articles 221.3 (Hooliganism committed with the use of a weapon or objects used as a weapon, if accompanied by violence against the victim, or the destruction or damage of another's property) 315.2 (Resisting an official performing his official duties, with the use of violence dangerous to the life or health of the official) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. Sentence: On November 2, 2018, he was sentenced by the Ganja Court to three years' imprisonment. New Arrest: His sentence expired in 2020, but he was not released, and a new case was opened against him on fabricated charges. He was accused of committing the crime along with Yunis Safarov, even though Zeynalov was in prison during the 2018 assassination attempt on the mayor of Ganja. Charges: under Articles 29 (Attempted Crime), 120.2.1 (Intentional Murder Committed by a Group of Persons, a Group of Persons by Prior Conspiracy, an Organized Group, or a Criminal Community), 120.2.4 (Intentional Murder Committed with Particular Cruelty or in a Generally Dangerous Manner); 120.2.7 (Intentional Murder of Two or More Persons); 29, 120.2.10 (Intentional Murder Committed Repeatedly); 120.2.11 (Intentional Murder Combined with Robbery, Extortion, Terrorism, or Banditry). Arrested: July 11, 2018 Charge: Articles 29.120.2.1, 120.2.3, 120.2.4, 120.2.7, 120.2.10, 120.2.11, 28.214.2.6, 214.2.1, 214.2.3, 277, 278.2, and 229.3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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