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Political Prisoners

Gender
Name
Gender
Articles
Prison
Judge
Councel
Occupation
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.
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