Rovshan Huseynov – believer Date of arrest: 24 February 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 24 February 2024, Rovshan Huseynov was sentenced to 3 months in a pre-trial detention center.
The period of detention in custody during the investigation has been subsequently extended several times Sentence: On 23 July 2024, the Ganja City Court for Serious Crimes sentenced to 5 years and 6 months in prison.
Conclusion: 178 Rovshan Huseynov, a father of 5 minor children, wrote a declaration “Freedom to Palestine!” on his Facebook page, and the next day he was immediately arrested by the Ganja police.
At the Ganja City Court of Serious Crimes trial, Rovshan Huseynov said: “The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, also spoke about freedom to Palestine and even expressed the need to establish an independent Palestinian state.
This declaration of his was regarded as an act of humanism.
But when I, a citizen of the country repeated the statement of my President, it was considered as a serious crime".
