
Kanan Mejnunov – inhabitant of the Imishli City Date of arrest: 18 January 2025 Charge: Article 221.2.1 (Hooliganism, that is the deliberate actions roughly breaking a social order, expressing obvious disrespect for a society, accompanying with application of violence on citizens or threat of its application, as well as destruction or damage of another's property, committed by group of persons) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
On 18 January 2025, the Imishli District Court imposed a preventive measure in the form of deprivation of liberty against Kanan Mejnunov for the period of 3 months during the preliminary investigation.
The period of detention in custody during the investigation has been subsequently extended several times Sentence: On 3 July 2025, the Imishli District Court sentenced to 4 years in prison Judge: Zaur Pirverdiyev
Kanan Mejnunov
Kanan Mejnunov – inhabitant of the Imishli City Date of arrest: 18 January 2025 Charge: Article 221.2.1 (Hooliganism, that is the deliberate actions roughly breaking a social order, expressing obvious disrespect for a society, accompanying with application of violence on citizens or threat of its application, as well as destruction or damage of another's property, committed by group of persons) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 18 January 2025, the Imishli District Court imposed a preventive measure in the form of deprivation of liberty against Kanan Mejnunov for the period of 3 months during the preliminary investigation. The period of detention in custody during the investigation has been subsequently extended several times Sentence: On 3 July 2025, the Imishli District Court sentenced to 4 years in prison Judge: Zaur Pirverdiyev
- Category
- Political
- Arrest date
- 2025-01-18
- Arrest Count
- 1
- Region
- Azerbaijan
- Last updated
- 2026-05-13
Charges
Article 221.2.1 (Hooliganism, that is the deliberate actions roughly breaking a social order, expressing obvious disrespect for a society, accompanying with application of violence on citizens or threat of its application, as well as destruction or damage of another's property, committed by group of persons) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Public sources
- Union for the Freedom for Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan, List of Political Prisoners, 13 May 2026 report / 2026-05-13 / source list
