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Political Prisoners
Name | Gender | Articles | Prison | Judge | Councel | Occupation |
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Idris Khasanov | 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 believer. | ||
Igbal Shahin oglu Abilov | Male | High treason (Article 274); public calls directed against the state, committed on the instructions of foreign organizations or their representatives (Article 281.3); incitement of national, racial, social or religious hatred and enmity (Article 283.1 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan) | Detained in the State Security Service Pre-Trial Detention Center | Hammad Nuriyev | Scientist-ethnographer, researcher, Talysh scholar | |
Ilgar Ryadzhov | Male | Articles 167-1 (Coercion to confess religion) and 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 committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy or by an organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
On February 2, 2023, theologian Ilgar Ryadzhov was sentenced to four months' imprisonment.
Pretrial detention center for the period of preliminary investigation. His term of pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times. | Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku. | theologian | ||
Ilgar Sabir oglu Musayev | 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.
On March 10, 2023, Ilgar Musayev, a resident of Ganja, was sentenced to four months in pretrial detention during the preliminary investigation. His pretrial detention was subsequently extended several times. | Mikayil Mammadzade. | a religious believer. | ||
Ilham Aliyev | Male | 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 carrying out hostile activities against the Republic of Azerbaijan) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Sentence: May 6, 2021, sentenced by the Baku Grave Crimes Court to 16 years' imprisonment. Judge: Faig GaniyevArticle 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 carrying out hostile activities against the Republic of Azerbaijan) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. | Place of detention: Colony No. 12 in the village of Puta in the Garadagh District of Baku | Faig Ganiyev | a theologian and former leader of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA). | |
Ilham Shikhaliyev | Male | 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. | Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku. | a religious believer. | ||
Ilkhamiz Guliyev | 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 December 6, 2023, the Yasamal District Court of Baku chose a preventive measure of arrest for a period of 4 months against public activist Ilkhamiz Guliyev. The term of detention under arrest during the investigation was subsequently extended several times.
Sentence: On December 12, 2024, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes issued a sentence:
since the prosecution failed to provide convincing evidence during the trial, the judge replaced the previous article of the charge with a new one - 234.1-1 (Illegal acquisition or storage without the purpose of sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in quantities exceeding those necessary for personal consumption, committed in large quantities) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. And after that, Ilhamiz Guliyev was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment | Pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu district of the city Baku | Public activist | ||
Ilkin Amrakhov | Male | Conspiring to smuggle foreign currency; hiring workers without a labor contract; illegal entrepreneurship with significant income; large-scale money laundering by an organized group; tax evasion by an organized group | Detained in Pre-trial Detention Center N1 | Member of the Institute for Democratic Initiatives | ||
Ilkin Bagirov | Male | 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. | Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in the village of Kurdakhani in the Sabunchu District of Baku. | a religious believer. | ||
Ilkin Suleymanov | 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. | Ilkin Suleymanov |
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