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Political Prisoners

Gender
Name
Gender
Articles
Prison
Judge
Councel
Occupation
Safa Alim oglu Poladov
Male
Gobustan closed prison.
Sahib Mammadzadeh
Male
Article 234.4.3 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan
Chairman of the Dashkesan branch of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP)
Sahib Nuraddin oglu Mammadaliyev
Male
Gobustan closed prison.
Sakif Agabalaev
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.
Sakit Sabir oglu Mammadov
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.
a religious believer.
Saleh Ali oglu Khamzayev
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.
Samid Shakir oglu Salamov
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.
Samir Abdulkhalig oglu Babayev
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 afternoon of December 2, 2022, he was detained near his home in the village of Mashtaga by civilians and taken to an unknown location without a warrant or witnesses. His relatives later learned that he had been arrested by police on drug possession charges. On December 2, 2022, the Sabunchu District Court of Baku sentenced him to four months' imprisonment as a preventive measure to continue the investigation. His pretrial detention during the investigation was subsequently extended several times.
Gobustan Closed Prison
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
Samir Ashurov
Male
Articles 126.2.4 (Intentional Infliction of Serious Bodily Harm for Hooligan Motives) and 221.3 (Hooliganism Committed with the Use of a Weapon or an Object Used as a Weapon) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Faig Ganiev
Samir Mubariz oglu Piriyev
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.
member of the Muslim Unity Movement
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