Isfandiyar Arzu oglu Mammadov – member of the Muslim Unity Movement Date of arrest: 23 September 2023 Charge: Article 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.
On 23 September 2023, the Baku City Sabunchu District Court sentenced Isfandiyar Mammadov to 4 months in a pre-trial detention center for the duration of the preliminary investigation.
The period of detention in custody during the investigation has been subsequently extended several times Sentence: On 8 October 2024, 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 Isfandiyar Mammadov was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment Judge: Rasim Sadikhov Conclusion: Isfandiyar Mammadov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" Movement, was detained by the officers of the 14th Police Station of the Baku City Sabunchu District on 23 September 2023 following the publication of his an anti-war post on Facebook.
His relatives found out about his arrest only two days later.
But since I.
Mammadov is a believer, instead of administrative arrest, as it happened in September to other activists of the anti-war protest, and on 24 September 2023, Isfandiyar Mammadov was sentenced to 4 months of imprisonment in the pre-trial detention center for the period of the preliminary investigation.
