Dayanat Chalabi (Chalabiyev) – public activist Arrested: 22 December 2025 Charge: Article 126.2.4 (Deliberate causing of serious harm to health, is harm dangerous to human life, committed publicly dangers a way, from hooligan prompting) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. 87 On 24 December 2025, the Baku City Khatai District Court issued an order: to satisfy the investigator’s petition on arrest and issue a preventive measure against Dayanat Chalabi in the form of arrest for a period of 3 months.
Place of detention: Pre-trial Detention Center № 1 at the Kyurdakhani settlement in Baku City Sabunchu District Conclusion: On 22 December 2025, it was arrested Dayanat Chalabi, a 44-year-old social activist and English teacher, who had recently become known for his harsh criticism of government policy in social media.
Two days later, the Judge Rafael Sadikhov issued a ruling in the Khatai District Court ordering a preventive measure in the form of arrest for the period of investigation.
However, the public was informed only on 30 December 2025.
Also, it became known that the authorities had arrested him on falsely fabricated charges.
At the trial, D.
Chalabi pleaded not guilty and stated that he had been arrested on the basis of a false statement made by a certain individual.
The main reason for his arrest was the fact that, just a day prior to his arrest, the activist had written on his Facebook page that the government under the President Ilham Aliyev had been leading the country to disaster, "The rule of the Aliyev family has not strengthened the country, it has weakened it.
The state has been personified, the people marginalised, and the country's future is in jeopardy.
It should be noted that in May 2025, after another criticism of the Azerbaijani authorities, Dayanat Chalabi was arrested under the pretext of resistance to the police and sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest.
