
Firudin Zeynalov Date of arrest: 1 October 2017 Charge: Articles 221.3 (Hooliganism committed with application of a weapon or subjects, used as the weapon) and 315.2 (Resistance or application of violence concerning the representative of authority) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic Sentence: On 2 November 2018, the Ganja City Court for Serious Crimes sentenced to 3 years in prison.
His sentence expired in 2020, but he was not released.
A new case was opened against him on fabricated charges and he was accused of committing a crime together with Yunis Safarov.
However, in 2018, during the assassination attempt on the mayor of Ganja City, F.
Zeynalov was in prison.
Charge: Articles 29 (Attempt to a crime), 120.2.1 (Deliberate murder, committed by group of persons, on preliminary arrangement by group of persons, by organized group or criminal community), 120.2.4 (Deliberate murder, committed with special cruelty or in publicly dangers way), 120.2.7 (Deliberate murder of two or more persons), 29,120.2.10 (Deliberate murder, committed repeatedly) and 120.2.11. (Deliberate murder, connected to robbery, extortion, terrorism or gangsters) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Sentence: On 16 August 2021, the Baku City Court for Serious Crimes sentenced to 19 years in prison
Firudin Zeynalov
Firudin Zeynalov Date of arrest: 1 October 2017 Charge: Articles 221.3 (Hooliganism committed with application of a weapon or subjects, used as the weapon) and 315.2 (Resistance or application of violence concerning the representative of authority) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic Sentence: On 2 November 2018, the Ganja City Court for Serious Crimes sentenced to 3 years in prison. His sentence expired in 2020, but he was not released. A new case was opened against him on fabricated charges and he was accused of committing a crime together with Yunis Safarov. However, in 2018, during the assassination attempt on the mayor of Ganja City, F. Zeynalov was in prison. Charge: Articles 29 (Attempt to a crime), 120.2.1 (Deliberate murder, committed by group of persons, on preliminary arrangement by group of persons, by organized group or criminal community), 120.2.4 (Deliberate murder, committed with special cruelty or in publicly dangers way), 120.2.7 (Deliberate murder of two or more persons), 29,120.2.10 (Deliberate murder, committed repeatedly) and 120.2.11. (Deliberate murder, connected to robbery, extortion, terrorism or gangsters) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. Sentence: On 16 August 2021, the Baku City Court for Serious Crimes sentenced to 19 years in prison
- Category
- Political
- Arrest date
- 2017-10-01
- Arrest Count
- 1
- Region
- Azerbaijan
- Last updated
- 2026-05-13
Charges
Articles 221.3 (Hooliganism committed with application of a weapon or subjects, used as the weapon) and 315.2 (Resistance or application of violence concerning the representative of authority) 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
