Qadir Qasim oglu Mammadov – believer, editor of the religious website maide.az Date of arrest: 14 September 2023 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 14 September 2023, Qadir Mammadov was sentenced 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 16 October 2024, the Sumqayit 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 Qadir Mammadov was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment