Razi Alishov - member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan Date of arrest: 29 May 2022 Charge: Article 234.2 (Illegal purchase or storage with a view of selling, manufacturing, processing, transportation, transfer or selling of narcotics or psychotropic substances) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 29 May 2024, the Ganja City Court imposed on Razi Alishov a measure of restraint in the form of detention for a period of 4 months in a pre-trial detention center during the preliminary investigation, which was subsequently extended. Sentence: On 23 July 2024, the Ganja City Court for Serious Crimes sentenced to 5 years and 6 months in prison Conclusion: The PFPA activist Razi Alishov has been very active in recent years criticising the policies of the Azerbaijani authorities on the social network. He was arrested by the Ganja police on an openly far-fetched accusation: the day before, the police had detained Vugar Javadov, a mentally ill resident of Ganja. He was severely beaten and forced to write a confession that the alleged 5 grams of drugs found in his pocket he was going … to pass to Razi Alishanov. Then, 48 during the investigation, Vugar Javadov was hospitalised in the mental institution where he was given the very same drugs, after which he was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment.