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Political Prisoners
Name | Gender | Articles | Prison | Judge | Councel | Occupation |
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Mireshgin Nazim oglu Seyidov | 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. 2, Ganja. | a religious believer. | ||
Mirhafiz Mirisaq oglu Jafarzade | Male | Articles 274 (High Treason) and 283.1 (Incitement to National, Racial, Social, or Religious Hatred and Enmity) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. | Pretrial detention center of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan | Sabina Mammadzade | Social activist | |
Mirjafar Fizuli oglu Huseynzade | Male | Article 234.1-1 (Illegal acquisition or possession of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in quantities exceeding personal consumption, committed on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. | Pretrial Detention Facility No. 2, Ganja | a religious believer | ||
Mirsultan Alimir oglu Bagirov | 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. | Javid Safarli | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | |
Mirtofig Mirjalal oglu Huseynov | 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 the evening of December 4, 2022, he was detained at a bus stop near his home near the "20 January" circle by civilians and taken to an unknown location without authorization or witnesses. His relatives later learned that he had been arrested by officers from the 3rd Police Department of the Khazar District of Baku. At the station, he was subjected to brutal torture to force him to confess, but he refused.
On December 6, 2022, the Khazar District Court of Baku imposed a four-month prison sentence as a preventive measure to continue the investigation. The Khazar District Court subsequently extended the sentence periodically for the duration of the investigation. | Siyavush Hajiyev | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | ||
Mohubbat Aslanov | 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. | a member of the Muslim Unity Movement. | ||
Mohyeddin Orucov | Male | Large-scale drug trafficking. | Sentenced to three years in prison | Labor rights activist | ||
Murad Afsaraga oglu Abdullayev | Male | Article 234.1-1 (Illegal acquisition or possession of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in quantities exceeding personal consumption, committed on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On March 9, 2023, Murad Abdullayev was detained by officers from the 27th Yasamal District Police Department. On the same day, the Yasamal District Court of Baku sentenced Murad Abdullayev to four months of pretrial detention pending investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | |||
Murad Azad oglu Yaryyev | 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 November 18, 2022, 20-year-old Jalilabad resident Murad Yaryyev was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in a pretrial detention facility during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times. | member of the Muslim Unity Movement | |||
Musa Guliyev | 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. | a religious believer. |
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