Nijat Ibad oglu Ibrahimov – public activist Date of arrest: 9 September 2024 Charge: Articles 126.2.4 (Deliberate causing of serious harm to health, is harm dangerous to human life, committed publicly dangers a way, from hooligan prompting) and 221.3 (Hooliganism committed with application of a weapon or subjects, used as the weapon) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
On 11 September 2024, the Baku City Nasimi District Court issued a ruling: to apply a preventive measure against Nijat Ibrahimov in the form of arrest for a period of 4 months.
The period of detention in custody during the investigation has been subsequently extended times Sentence: On 22 July 2025, the Baku City Court for Serious Crimes sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison Judge: Aygun Qurbanova Place of detention: Pre-trial Detention Center № 1 at the Kyurdakhani settlement in Baku City Sabunchu District Conclusion: Nijat Ibrahimov, a former political prisoner and social activist was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months imprisonment for organising a solitary picket in front of the Presidential Administration in March 2021.
Upon release, Nijat Ibrahimov decided to leave the country.
However, on 6 September 2024 the border guards at the Baku airport did not let him out of the country to take a flight to Moldova, referring to the Ministry of Internal Affairs ban in his respect.
His wife and two minor children were allowed to take flight to Chishinau.
According to the lawyer, Zibeyda Sadigova, in fact, the ban on leaving the country imposed on N.
Ibrahimov by the decision of the Baku Sabayil District Court had been earlier revoked.
Therefore, on 7 September 2024, Nijat Ibrahimov called the ‘102’ service the Ministry of Internal Affairs and complained about the illegal ban on leaving the country.
The activist warned that if the illegal ban is not removed, he will perform an act of self-incineration in front of the Ministry.
At the same time, he informed the media about his unlawful detention and criticised the Ministry.
On 9 September, an unknown man attacked him at a gas station and knocked on the ground.
Shortly afterwards, he was confronted by the policemen who blindfolded him taking to the police department, where they opened a criminal case on charges of intentional infliction that caused serious harm to health (Article 126.1 of the AR Criminal Code).
On 5 October 2024, as a sign of his protest, N.
Ibrahimov began a hunger strike.
Meanwhile, the courts denied the defence's petitions for arrest cancellation or transfer to house arrest.
Then, on 20 November 2024, Nijat Ibrahimov committed a suicide attempt in the pre- trial detention centre, he inflicted numerous wounds on himself in protest against an unjustified criminal prosecution.
According to his wife Parvin Ibrahimova, her husband called her on 21 November 2024 and told that he had cut his throat and ears with a piece of mirror the day before, 71 ‘He got stitches and he lost much blood, he is in a serious condition.
He also said he could no longer tolerate the unlawful arrest.
He had already cut himself once at the police station following his detention." Meanwhile, on 12 December 2024, a face-to-face session was held between N.
Ibrahimov and the person identified as a victim.
According to Zibeyda Sadigova, ‘Nijat Ibrahimov said that he did not know that man and had not stabbed him.
On the contrary, it was him who attacked Ibrahimov." She also noted that N.
Ibrahimov denied the charges and believed that he was indeed the victim in this case.
After the face-to-face meeting, N.
Ibrahimov's charge was toughened; the previous charge was reclassified to a more serious one and another Article was added.
Presently, he could get up to 11 years of imprisonment under these Articles.
At the same time, N.
Ibrahimov, who twice injured himself in protest against unjustified criminal prosecution, has serious health problems.
Besides the injuries that have not yet healed, he has hypertension.
