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Political Prisoners

Gender
Name
Gender
Articles
Prison
Judge
Councel
Occupation
Hasan Hussein oglu Mustafayev
Male
Gobustan closed prison.
Hasan Mammad oglu Mammadov
Male
Under Articles 214.2 (Terrorism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, by an organized group, or by a criminal association), 214.2.1 (Terrorism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, by an organized group, or by a criminal association), 214.2.3 (Terrorism committed with the use of firearms and objects used as weapons), 220.2 (Calls for active disobedience to the lawful demands of government officials and for mass riots, as well as calls for violence against citizens), 221.2.2 (Hooliganism involving resistance to a government official or another person performing duties to maintain public order or preventing a violation of public order), 228.3 (Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation, or Carrying firearms, their components, ammunition, or explosive devices, committed by an organized group), 228.4 (Illegal acquisition, sale, or carrying of gas weapons, bladed weapons), 279.1 (Creation of armed formations or groups not provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as participation in their creation and activities, supplying them with weapons, ammunition, explosives, military equipment, or military equipment), 281.2 (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 with such content, committed repeatedly or by a group of persons) and 283.2.3 (Incitement. of national, racial, social, or religious hatred and enmity, committed by an organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic
Zeynal Agayev
Hasil Rustamov
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 religious believer.
Hikmat Kheyrullah 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
believer
Hilal Yaqub oglu Asadov
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 10, 2023, Hilal Asadov was sentenced to four months of pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times.
theologian
Hussein Akhmad oglu Gasimov
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.
theologian
Hussein Rahil oglu Rzayev
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
Ibrahim Humbatov (Ibrahim Gubadoglu)
Male
Extortion by threats.
Location Unknown
Journalist
Ibrahim Khudaverdi oglu Khudiev (Ibrahim Khudayi)
Male
under Article 234.1 (Illegal acquisition or storage without the purpose of sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in quantities exceeding those necessary for personal consumption) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On September 22, 2023, the Salyan District 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 the well-known theologian in the south of the country Seyran Rzayev, which was subsequently extended.
Pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu district of Baku
Satirical poet
Ibrahim Muradov
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.
Sabina Mammadzade.
a member of the Muslim Unity Movement.
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