Namiq Hajiali oglu Shirinov – member of the Muslim Unity Movement Date of arrest: 26 June 2024 Charge: Article 234.4.3 (Illegal manufacturing, purchase, storage, transportation, transfer or selling of narcotics, psychotropic substances committed in large amount) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
On 25 July 2024, Namiq Shirinov was sentenced to 4 months in a pre-trial detention center.
The period of detention in custody during the investigation has been subsequently extended several times Sentence: On 13 February 2025, the Baku City Court for Serious Crimes issued a verdict: since the prosecution failed to provide any convincing evidence in the course of the trial, the Judge substituted the previous Article of the Prosecution with a new one, 234.1-1 (Illegal acquisition or storage of drugs or psychotropic substances without the purpose of sale in an amount exceeding the amount necessary for personal consumption, committed in a large amount) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
And afterwards Namiq Shirinov was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment Conclusion: On 25 July 2024, Namiq Shirinov was suddenly grabbed by unknown individuals in civilian clothes on the street.
For two days his relatives could not find out the fate of their abducted believer, who helped the political prisoners' families.
Upon enquiries to the Ministry of Internal Affairs they received responses that they were not aware of Shirinov's whereabouts.
Only on the third day of the kidnapping it was finally revealed that he had been abducted by the police and was in a pre-trial detention center; as well, that traditional charges of drug possession against the believers in Azerbaijan had been brought against him, and the Court had already issued a judgement to place him in custody.
The relatives also found out that N.
Shirinov had been subjected to brutal torture at the police station.
