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Mammad Alpay (Mammadzade)
Head of the Election Monitoring Alliance
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.
2025-03-14
In early March 2025, pro-government media reported that the Prosecutor General's Office had opened a criminal case against those non-governmental organizations in Azerbaijan that had received grants from Western international funds in previous years. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the funds from the grants received on behalf of international organizations were spent "to undermine socio-political stability" under the guise of "legal protection" of socially vulnerable groups, as well as to promote anti-war ideology, LGBT propaganda and other "ultra-liberals", and to conduct counter-propaganda against mental values. Among them, Mammad Alpay (Mammadzade) was arrested on March 14, 2025. Since 2010, he had worked in the field of election observation, promotion of democratic participation, and development of civil society. During this time, Mammad Alpay (Mammadzade) took part in election observation missions in Azerbaijan and abroad, working as an international observer in Norway, Ukraine, Georgia, Slovakia, Montenegro and Hungary. At the trial, he rejected all charges and stated that the criminal case was related to his legal and human rights activities.
Mammad Alpay (Mammadzade)
Head of the Election Monitoring Alliance
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.
2025-03-14
Pretrial detention center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu district of the city of Baku
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In early March 2025, pro-government media reported that the Prosecutor General's Office had opened a criminal case against those non-governmental organizations in Azerbaijan that had received grants from Western international funds in previous years. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the funds from the grants received on behalf of international organizations were spent "to undermine socio-political stability" under the guise of "legal protection" of socially vulnerable groups, as well as to promote anti-war ideology, LGBT propaganda and other "ultra-liberals", and to conduct counter-propaganda against mental values. Among them, Mammad Alpay (Mammadzade) was arrested on March 14, 2025. Since 2010, he had worked in the field of election observation, promotion of democratic participation, and development of civil society. During this time, Mammad Alpay (Mammadzade) took part in election observation missions in Azerbaijan and abroad, working as an international observer in Norway, Ukraine, Georgia, Slovakia, Montenegro and Hungary. At the trial, he rejected all charges and stated that the criminal case was related to his legal and human rights activities.