Political Prisoners

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.