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Political Prisoners
Name | Gender | Articles | Prison | Judge | Councel | Occupation |
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Vyusal Ramiz oglu Manafov | 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. | Makhirya Karimova | a religious believer. | ||
Yashar Hasai oglu Shahmuradov | Male | Gobustan closed prison. | ||||
Yasin Taptyg 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. | Sabina Mammadova | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Yavar Ismayilzade | 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. | Penal Colony No. 1 in the village of Boyuk Shor in the Nizami District of Baku | a religious believer. | ||
Yusif Ahmadzade | 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. | ||
Yusif 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. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku | activist of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Zahiraddin Agarza oglu Ibrahimov | Male | Articles 274 (High Treason), 281.3 (Public calls for the violent seizure of power, the violent retention of power, or the violent change of the constitutional order or the violation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the dissemination of materials containing such content, committed at the direction of foreign organizations or their representatives), and 283.1 (Incitement to national, racial, social, or religious hatred and enmity) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On August 23, 2023, the State Security Service of Azerbaijan opened a criminal case against Z. Ibrahimov and placed him on the wanted list. On August 24, 2023, the Sabail District Court of Baku ordered his arrest for one month and 15 days. Based on this decision, on March 26, 2025, Z. Ibrahimov was arrested and remanded in custody pending investigation. | Pretrial detention center of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan | Social activist and blogger, founder of the Talysh Cultural Center in the Sverdlovsk Region of the Russian Federation, and head of the YouTube channel Sabarz Mard (Man with His Head Held High). | ||
Zamig Zahid oglu Akhlimanov | Male | 14 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. | Colony No. 12 in the village of Buta in the Garadagh District of Baku | Ali Suleymanov | ||
Zamin Oktay oglu Salayev | Male | Arrested under Article 221.3 (Hooliganism with the use of a weapon or an object used as a weapon) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan
On February 8, 2023, the Garadagh District Court of Baku chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for a period of 3 months for Zamin Salayev | Colony No. 11 in Binagadi district of Baku | Member of the PFPA | ||
Zamin Zyaki | Male | under Articles 193-1.3.2 (Legalization of property, committed on a large scale), 308.2 (Abuse of office, resulting in grave consequences) and 313 (Official forgery) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On April 9, 2025, the Binagadi District Court of Baku issued a ruling: to satisfy the investigator's petition to choose a preventive measure in the form of arrest and to apply a preventive measure in the form of arrest to Asaf Akhmedov for a period of 3 months and 4 days. | Pre-trial detention center #1 in the Kurdakhani settlement in the Sabunchu district of Baku | Public activist |
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