Samir Ashurov – public activist Date of arrest: 19 April 2022 104 Charge: Article 126.2.4 (Deliberate causing of serious harm to health, committed from hooligan prompting) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 21 April 2022, the Baku City Nizami District Court issued a ruling: to apply a preventive measure against Samir Ashurov in the form of arrest for a period of 4 months. Samir Ashurov denied the charge and started a hunger strike, demanding stop his persecution. Sentence: On 18 December 2023, the Baku City Court for Serious Crimes sentenced to 6,5 years in prison Judge: Faiq Qaniyev Place of detention: Penal Colony № 2 at the Bina settlement in Baku City Azizbayov District Conclusion: Samir Ashurov was deported from Germany on 29 March 2022 and after arrival in Baku announced of his arrest. On 19 April 2022, he received a passport and planned to go abroad, but on the same day was committed provocation against him. When Samir Ashurov got home, an unknown person was attacked him. He knocked Ashurov to the ground and immediately police officers appeared, who detained him and put a knife in his right jacket pocket. He was brought to the 24th Police Station. There Ashurov was beaten, and later he was beaten again in the Nizami Police Department. In his last word on the trial, Samir Ashurov stated that he did not commit the crimes accused of him. He noted that a provocation was committed against him for his opposition activities. “I emigrated to Germany in 2018 after I was twice subjected to administrative arrests in Azerbaijan. In Germany, I continued the fight for human rights in Azerbaijan. On 29 March 2022, I was expelled. In Baku I was summoned to the prosecutor's office and threatened. Then I made a statement that I could be arrested. That’s what happened,” Ashurov said. Lawyer Elchin Sadiqov said that the judicial investigation did not prove Ashurov’s guilt. However, important defense requests were not satisfied. The defense will appeal the verdict.