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Political Prisoners
Name | Gender | Articles | Prison | Judge | Councel | Occupation |
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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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