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Political Prisoners
Name | Gender | Articles | Prison | Judge | Councel | Occupation |
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Mahir Yashar oglu Azimov | Male | Article 234.4.3 (Large-scale drug trafficking) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. | Colony No. 17 in Bina settlement, Azizbekov district, Baku | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Mahmudagh Gara oglu Agayev | 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. | a believer | |||
Mail Kamal 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 January 13, 2023, M. Karimov and his family participated in the celebration of the 8th anniversary of the founding of the Muslim Unity Movement. The Khazar District Police Department deemed the celebratory ceremony a religious gathering and, on January 14, referred Karimov's case to court for the participation of minors. On January 26, Mail Karimov testified in this case in the Khazar District Court of Baku. The next hearing is scheduled for February 2. Arriving in court on the appointed day, M. Karimov was met outside the court by officers from the 14th Department of the police, who forcibly took him to the station. Two days later, his family learned of Mail Karimov's arrest and the initiation of a criminal case against him.
On February 2, 2023, the Khazar District Court of Baku imposed a four-month pretrial detention as a preventive measure to continue the investigation. The period of pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times. | Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku | Mahmud Agalarov | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | |
Malik Rzayev | 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. | member of the Musavat Party | |||
Mammad Alpay (Mammadzade) | Male | Under Articles 193-1.3.2 (Legalization of property, committed on a large scale), 308.2 (Abuse of official powers, resulting in grave consequences) and 313 (Official forgery) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On March 14, 2025, the Binagadi District Court of Baku issued a ruling:
to grant the investigator's petition to select a preventive measure in the form of arrest and
to apply a preventive measure in the form of arrest to Mammad Alpay (Mammadzade) for a period of 3
months and 28 days. | Pretrial detention center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu district of the city of Baku | Head of the Election Monitoring Alliance | ||
Mansur Agabala oglu Valishov | 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.
On March 9, 2023, Mansur Valishov was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | theologian | |||
Matlab Bagirov | Male | Articles 162-1.1 (Involving a significant number of workers to perform any work/services without an employment contract/agreement entering into legal force), 167-3.1 (Production, storage, or distribution of religious extremist materials), 193-1.3.2 (Laundering of property obtained by criminal means, committed on a large scale), and 193.2.2 (False entrepreneurship, committed with the receipt of income on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
On February 1, 2023, renowned theologian Matlab Bagirov was sentenced to four months of imprisonment in a pretrial detention center during the preliminary investigation. His term of pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times. | Leyla Asgarova-Mammadova | a theologian, founder and director of the SalamNews news agency and the Interaz TV online channel. | ||
Matlab Sharaf oglu Akhmedov | 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 January 31, 2023, Matlab Akhmedov, a resident of the Shamkir district, was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | a religious believer. | |||
Mehman Alzamin oglu Garayev | 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. | Vidadi Dzhafarov | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Mehman Fataliev | 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 March 9, 2023, Mehman Fataliev was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | Akhmad Guliyev | a religious believer. | ||
Mireshgin Nazim oglu Seyidov | 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. 2, Ganja. | a religious believer. | ||
Mirhafiz Mirisaq oglu Jafarzade | Male | Articles 274 (High Treason) and 283.1 (Incitement to National, Racial, Social, or Religious Hatred and Enmity) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. | Pretrial detention center of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan | Sabina Mammadzade | Social activist | |
Mirjafar Fizuli oglu Huseynzade | Male | Article 234.1-1 (Illegal acquisition or possession of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in quantities exceeding personal consumption, committed on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. | Pretrial Detention Facility No. 2, Ganja | a religious believer | ||
Mirsultan Alimir oglu 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 Center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku. | Javid Safarli | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | |
Mirtofig Mirjalal 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 the evening of December 4, 2022, he was detained at a bus stop near his home near the "20 January" circle by civilians and taken to an unknown location without authorization or witnesses. His relatives later learned that he had been arrested by officers from the 3rd Police Department of the Khazar District of Baku. At the station, he was subjected to brutal torture to force him to confess, but he refused.
On December 6, 2022, the Khazar District Court of Baku imposed a four-month prison sentence as a preventive measure to continue the investigation. The Khazar District Court subsequently extended the sentence periodically for the duration of the investigation. | Siyavush Hajiyev | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Mohubbat Aslanov | 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 member of the Muslim Unity Movement. | ||
Mohyeddin Orucov | Male | Large-scale drug trafficking. | Sentenced to three years in prison | Labor rights activist | ||
Murad Afsaraga oglu Abdullayev | Male | Article 234.1-1 (Illegal acquisition or possession of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in quantities exceeding personal consumption, committed on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On March 9, 2023, Murad Abdullayev was detained by officers from the 27th Yasamal District Police Department. On the same day, the Yasamal District Court of Baku sentenced Murad Abdullayev to four months of pretrial detention pending investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | |||
Murad Azad oglu Yaryyev | 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 November 18, 2022, 20-year-old Jalilabad resident Murad Yaryyev was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in a pretrial detention facility during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times. | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | |||
Musa 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 Facility No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku. | a religious believer. | ||
Mushfig Jabbar | 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 | Multimedia journalist, video editor at Toplum TV | ||
Mushfig 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 Center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu district of Baku. | a religious believer. | ||
Mutallim Orujov | 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. | Fahmin Humbatov | PFPA member | ||
Nadir Eldar oglu Maharramov | Male | Gobustan closed prison | ||||
Nahid Gahramanli | 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, Nahid Gahramanli was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | a member of the Muslim Unity Movement. | |||
Namet Sakit oglu Israfilov | 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. | Shalala Hasanova | a religious believer. | ||
Namig Faig oglu Asgarov | 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. | Javid Huseynov | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Namig Faig oglu Asgarov | 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. | Javid Huseynov | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Namig Hadjialy oglu Shirinov | 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. | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | |||
Nargiz Absalamova | Female | Smuggling, Art. 206.3.2. of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan | Detained in Pre-trial Detention Center N1 | Journalist of the "Abzas Media" | ||
Nariman Khanlar oglu Bakhyshov | 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. 2, Ganja | a religious believer | ||
Nasiraddin 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. | a religious believer. | |||
Natig Firudin oglu Gasimov | 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. | Akhmad Guliyev | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Natig Javadli | 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 | ||
Natig Mirzaki oglu Khashimov | 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. | Penal Colony No. 17 in the village of Bina in the Azizbekov District of Baku. | a religious believer. | ||
Natig Murvat oglu 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. 3 in the village of Shuvalan in the Khazar District of Baku. | a religious believer. | ||
Nazakat Mammadova | Female | Political commentator | ||||
Nazim Baydamirli (Mammadov) | Male | Article 182.2.2 (Extortion for the purpose of seizing property by threats, committed repeatedly) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Article 182.2.2 (Extortion for the purpose of seizing property by threats, committed repeatedly) 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. | Former member of parliament and public activist | ||
Nihat Khalilov | 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. | believer | ||
Nijad Ibad oglu Ibrahimov | Male | Under Articles 126.2.4 (Intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, that is, harm dangerous to human life, committed in a generally dangerous manner, out of hooligan motives) and 221.3 (Hooliganism committed with the use of weapons or objects used as weapons) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On September 9, 2024, the Nasimi District Court of Baku sentenced Nijat Ibrahimov to 4 months of imprisonment in a pretrial detention center for the period of preliminary investigation. | Pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu district of Baku | Public activist | ||
Nijat Alniyaz oglu 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.
On the afternoon of December 1, 2022, Nijat Aliyev was detained near his home in the village of Masazir by civilians and taken to an unknown location without a warrant or witnesses. His relatives later learned that he had been arrested by police on drug possession charges.
On December 2, 2022, the Binagadi District Court of Baku sentenced him to four months' imprisonment as a preventive measure to continue the investigation. His pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times.
| Penal Colony No. 10 in the Narimanov District of Baku. | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Nijat Jabbar oglu Aslanov | 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 | ||
Nijat Niyazi oglu 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. | Colony No. 17 in the village of Bina in the Azizbekov District of Baku. | Mushfig Mammadov | a religious believer | |
Nijat Sardar oglu Agayev | 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. 3 in the village of Shuvalan in the Khazar District of Baku. | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Niyamaddin Akhmadov | Male | Under Article 214-1 (Financing of terrorism) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan | On October 8, 2021, the Baku Grave Crimes Court sentenced him to 13
years in prison in a strict regime penal colony. | Member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) | ||
Niyameddin Bahaddin 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. | Farid Namazov | a religious believer. | ||
Nizami Elkhan 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 Azerbaijan Republic.
On March 12, 2023, Nizami Akhmedov was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. The pretrial detention period was subsequently extended several times. | activist of the Muslim Unity Movement | |||
Novruz Taghiyev | Male | 178.2 (fraud – taking possession of another's property or obtaining property rights through abuse of trust or deception) | He was sentenced to 4 months of pretrial detention and taken to the Kurdakhani Detention Center. | Security guard | ||
Nurlan Gahramanli | Male | Conspiring to smuggle foreign currency | Detained in Pre-trial Detention Center N1 | Anti-war activist, blogger, and freelance reporter for Meydan TV | ||
Nurlan Mirzyayev | 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 consumption, committed on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. | Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in Kurdakhani village, Sabunchu district, Baku | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Nurlan Musayev | 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 | ||
Oktay Nazim oglu Huseynzade | Male | Articles 29.120.2.1, 120.2.3, 120.2.7, 120.2.11, 29, 120.2.1, 29, 120.2.3, 29, 120.2.7, 29, 120.2.11, 214.2.1, 214.2.3, 214.2.6, 220.1, 228.3, 228.4, 278.2, 279.1-1, 281.2, 315.2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Colony No. 10 in the Narimanov District of Baku | Khagani Samadov | ||
Osman Nariman oglu Rzayev | Male | Extortion by threat, Art. 182.2.2 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan | Journalist, editor of Demokratik.az | |||
Parviz Niyaz oglu Abdullayev | 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. | ||
Polad Israyil oglu Aslanov | Male | Treason, Art. 274 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan | Penal Colony № 15 at the Boyuk Shor settlement in Baku City Nizami
District | Faig Ganiev Trial Phase (Baku Grave Crimes Court); Azer Tagiyev Initial Detention Phase (Sabail District Court); Mirza Khankishiyev and Ilham Mahmudov (Supreme Court Appeal). | Defense Lawyer Elchin Sadygov; Additional Defense Kamran Musayev. | Journalist, blogger |
Punhan Karimli | Male | Articles 234.4.1 (Illegal acquisition or storage for the purpose of sale, manufacture, production, processing, transportation, transfer, or sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy or by an organized group) 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. | Samir Aliyev | member of the Popular Front Party | ||
Ragib Taghiyev | 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. | |||
Rahid Ibishov | 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. | believer | ||
Rahil Agayev | 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 believer. | |||
Rahil Guliyev | Male | 228.5 of the Criminal Code (illegal acquisition, sale, or carrying of gas and cold weapons) | A member of the Garadagh district branch of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (AXCP) | |||
Rail Abbasov | Male | Large-scale fraud | Convicted and sentenced to six and a half years in prison. | Human rights defender. | ||
Rakhib Rzayev | 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 | |||
Rakhman Jabbarov | 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 the same day, the court sentenced Ganja resident Rakhman Jabbarov to four months of pretrial detention in a pretrial detention facility during the preliminary investigation, which was subsequently extended. | Abdulla Mammadov | a believer. | ||
Ramil Babayev | 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 | Member of the Institute for Democratic Initiatives | ||
Ramil Hadjibaba 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.
On January 31, 2023, Ramil Mammadov, a resident of Neftchala, was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | Pre-trial detention center in the village of Umbaki in the Garadagh district of Baku | a believer | ||
Ramin Guliyev | 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. | |||
Ramin Isa oglu Babayev | 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. | a religious believer. | |||
Ramin Jabrayilzade (Deko) | Male | Smuggling, Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan | Detained in Pre-Trial Detention Center N3 | Independent journalist, reporter | ||
Rashad 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.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 member of the Muslim Unity Movement. | ||
Rashad Farajov | 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. | ||
Rashad Nasib oglu Musayev | 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. | a religious believer. | |||
Rashad Ramazanov | Male | Illegal drug acquisition or possession with intent to sell, Art. 234.4.3 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan | Blogger | |||
Rashid Nurullah oglu Ismayilov | Male | Gobustan closed prison. | ||||
Rasif Babayev | 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 | |||
Rasim Hafiz oglu Mustafayev | Male | Articles 29.120.2.1, 120.2.3, 120.2.4, 120.2.7, 120.2.10, 120.2.11, 214.2.6, 214.2.1, 214.2.3, 277, 278.2, and 229.3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan | ||||
Rauf Fazil oglu Bayramov | Male | Articles 228.1, 228.4, 234.4.3, and 307.3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Khagani Samadov | |||
Razi Alyshov | Male | under Article 234.2 (Illegal acquisition or storage for the purpose of sale, manufacture, production, processing, transportation, transfer or sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On the same day, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for 4 months in a pre-trial detention center for the period of preliminary investigation for Ganja resident Razi Alyshov, which was subsequently extended several times. | On July 23, 2024, he was sentenced by the Ganja Court of Grave Crimes to 5.5 years in prison. | PFPA activist | ||
Razi Karrar oglu Humbatov | Male | Article 234.4.3 (Illegal trafficking of narcotics on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On June 8, 2021, the Narimanov District Court of Baku ordered R. Humbatov to be remanded in custody for four months. The period of pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times. | Colony No. 2 in the Bina settlement in the Azizbekov district of Baku | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Rovshan 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. | a believer. | |||
Rovshan Jabbarov | 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 12, 2023, Rovshan Jabbarov was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | a religious believer. | |||
Rovshan Seyfali oglu 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. | Penal Colony No. 6 in the village of Boyuk Shor in the Nizami District of Baku. | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Rovshan Sharifov | 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. | theologian | |||
Rufat Faig oglu Gurbanov | 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. | Elmin Rustamov | a believer. | ||
Rufat Gurbanov | 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. | |||
Rufat Mailov | 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 believer. | ||
Rufat Safarov | Male | 178.3.2 (fraud committed with large-scale damage) and 221.1 (hooliganism) | Detained in Pre-Trial Detention Center N1 | Human rights defender | ||
Ruhulla Masim oglu Novruzzade | 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 31, 2023, he was detained by civilians without a warrant or witnesses and taken to an unknown location. His relatives later learned that a criminal case had been opened against R. Novruzzade.
On February 1, 2023, the Surakhani District Court of Baku ordered four months of pretrial detention as a preventive measure to continue the investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times during the investigation. | Director of the Mizan Educational Center | |||
Ruslan Adil oglu Vakhabov | Male | Under 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 September 23, 2023, the Nizami District Court of Baku ruled to grant the investigator's motion for pretrial detention and to order pretrial detention for Ruslan Vakhabov for four months. | On January 12, 2024, the Baku Grave Crimes Court sentenced him to 4 years' imprisonment.
| Elnur Nuriyev | Activist of the Public Council of the Talysh People of Azerbaijan | |
Ruslan Guliyev | 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. | |||
Ruslan Izzatli | 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 | The founding board member of Third Republic political initiative | ||
Ruslan Miragali oglu Javadov | Male | 11 articles, including Article 274 (High Treason, i.e., an act intentionally committed by a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the detriment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, state security, or defense capability of the Republic of Azerbaijan; defection to the enemy; espionage; disclosure of state secrets to a foreign state; assistance to a foreign state, foreign organization, or their representatives in conducting hostile activities against the Republic of Azerbaijan) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. | Penal Colony No. 15 in the village of Boyuk Shor in the Nizami District of Baku | Ali Suleymanov | ||
Ruslan Mukhtar oglu Agayev | 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 | theologian | ||
Rustam Asgar oglu Asgarov | 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 Kurdakhani settlement in the Sabunchu District of Baku | Elchin Mammadov | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | |
Rustam Tanriverdi oglu Ismayilov | 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. | ||
Rza Aliabbas oglu Alakbarov | 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 31, 2023, Rza Alakbarov, a well-known theologian in southern Azerbaijan from the village of Zangyana in the Sabirabad district, was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | theologian | |||
Rza Ismayil oglu Rzayev | 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 | ||
Rza Karimov | 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. | Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku. | a religious believer. | ||
Rza Safarsoy | Male | Arrested under Article 228 (Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of weapons, their components, ammunition, explosives and explosive devices) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On November 27, 2023, the Khazar District Court of Baku chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for a period of 3 months for Rza Safarsoy, which was subsequently extended. | Pre-trial detention center No. 3 in the village of Shuvelan in the Khazar district of Baku | Chairman of the “Homeland of Worthy Children of Azerbaijan” Party | ||
Sabuhi Sarkhan oglu Asgarov | 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. | a religious believer | |||
Sadig Hasanov | 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.
February 2, 2023, Sadig Hasanov, a resident of Masally, was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times.
| a religious believer. |
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