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Political Prisoners

Gender
Name
Gender
Articles
Prison
Judge
Councel
Occupation
Aytaj Ahmadova (Tapdig)
Female
Smuggling, Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan
Detained in Pre-Trial Detention Center N1
Journalist at Meydan TV
Azad 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. On January 30, 2023, the Nasimi District Court of Baku sentenced Azad Karimov to four months' imprisonment in a pretrial detention facility during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times.
a member of the Muslim Unity Movement.
Azer Gasimli
Male
182.2.3 (committed by threat or use of force)
Detained in Pre-Trial Detention Center N1
Director of the Institute of Political Management, political scientist
Baba 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 Republic of Azerbaijan.
Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku.
a religious believer.
Bahram Khagani oglu Aliyev
Male
Articles 29.120.2.1, 120.2.3, 120.2.7, 120.2.10, 220.1, 228.4, and 315.2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Emin Rustamov
Bahruz Adil 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. On March 9, 2023, the Nasimi District Court of Baku sentenced Bahruz Karimov to four months' imprisonment in a pretrial detention facility during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times.
Samir Aliyev
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
Bahruz Guliyev
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
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
Bahruz 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.
Bahruz Samadov
Male
Treason (Article 274 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan)
Detained in the State Security Service Pre-Trial Detention Center
Political analyst, activist
Bakhtiyar Bagirov
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. 2, Ganja
a religious believer.
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