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Political Prisoners
Name | Gender | Articles | Prison | Judge | Councel | Occupation |
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Aligiyam Alam oglu Alishanov | Male | Articles 167-3.1 (Production, storage, or distribution of religious extremist materials, i.e., materials calling for religious extremist activity or justifying such activity, or substantiating the need for such activity) 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, Aligiyam Alishanov was sentenced to four months of imprisonment in a pretrial detention facility during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times. | Pretrial Detention Center No. 3 in the village of Shuvalan in the Khazar District of Baku. | believer | ||
Alim Yusifov | 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. | |||
Aliyusif Damat oglu Takhirov | Male | Gobustan closed prison. | ||||
Amal Alamdar oglu Akhmedov | 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.
On March 9, 2023, Amal Akhmedov was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | Sabina Mammadzade | a religious believer. | ||
Amil Alik oglu Bilalov | 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 in the village of Umbaki in the Garadagh district of Baku | Fahmin Humbatov | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | |
Amil Damirov | 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 use, committed on a large scale) 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. | ||
Anar Abdulla | Male | 192 – Illegal entrepreneurship
193-1 – False entrepreneurship (i.e., establishing an enterprise or other legal entity without the intention of conducting business activity, for the purpose of obtaining credit, exemption from fees, or other property benefits, or to conceal prohibited activity, when this causes significant damage or is committed for substantial profit)
206 – Smuggling
213 – Evasion of payment of taxes, unemployment insurance, mandatory health insurance, or compulsory state social insurance contributions
206.3.2 – Smuggling committed by a group of persons acting in collusion
320 – Forging, illegally producing, selling official documents, state awards, seals, stamps, or forms, or using forged documents | Was placed under police surveillance | Journalist | ||
Anar Dilyan oglu Akbarov | 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. | Zabil Gasimov | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Anar Jabbarli | Male | Article 221.2.1 (Hooliganism, i.e., intentional actions that grossly violate public order, express clear disrespect for society, accompanied by the use of violence against individuals or the threat of violence, as well as the destruction or damage of another's property, committed by a group of individuals) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. | a resident of Imishli. | |||
Anar Mahir oglu Mammadov | 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. |
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