Category: <span>Media</span>

Arshad Ibrahimov – Head of the Dunyaninsesi.az website Date of arrest: 11 December 2023 Charge: Article 182.2.2 (Extortion committed repeatedly) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 11 December 2023, the Baku City Narimanov District Court issued an order: to satisfy the investigator’s petition on arrest and issue a preventive measure against Arshad […]

Vuqar Mammadov – Editor-in-Chief of the news website Hurriyyet TV, an online Azerbaijani media outlet Date of arrest: 29 October 2025 Charge: Articles 182.2.2 (Extortion committed repeatedly) and 182.2.4 (Extortion committed with causing damage to a victim in significant size) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 31 October 2025, the Baku City […]

Zahiraddin Agarza oglu Ibrahimov – a social activist and blogger, founder of the Talysh Cultural Center in the Sverdlovsk region of the Russian Federation Date of arrest: 26 March 2025 Charge: Articles 274 (High treason), 281.3 (Public appeals to violent capture of authority, violent deduction of authority or violent change constitutional grounds or infringement of […]

Hafiz Babaly – Head of the Economic Department of the Turan News Agency and investigative journalist Date of arrest: 13 December 2023 Charge: Article 206.4 (Smuggling, committed by the organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 7 August, 2024, the accused were brought additional charges under the Articles 192.3.2 (Illegal business, […]

Anar Mammadli – human rights defender and head of the NGO Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDSC) Date of arrest: 29 April 2024 Charge: Articles 192.3.2 (Illegal business, committed with gaining an extra large-scale income); 193-1.3.1 (Legalization of money or other property obtained by crime, committed by an organized group or a criminal organization […]

Mehman Tofiq oglu Mammadov – blogger Date of arrest: 6 January 2025 Charge: Articles 281.1 (Public appeals to violent capture of authority, violent deduction of authority or violent change constitutional grounds or infringement of territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as distribution of materials of such contents) and 281.2 (Public appeals directed […]

Namizad Safarov – lawyer and human rights activist Date of arrest: 9 December 2025 Charge: Article 178.3.2 (Swindle, that is maintaining another persons property or buying another persons property by a deceit or breach of confidence, committed by organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 11 December 2025, the Baku City […]

Elnara Qasimova – journalist of the Abzas Media, an online Azerbaijani media outlet Date of arrest: 13 January 2024 Charge: Article 206.4 (Smuggling, committed by the organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 7 August, 2024, the accused were brought additional charges under the Articles 192.3.2 (Illegal business, committed with gaining […]

Zabil Kochari oglu Qahramanov – lawyer Date of arrest: 23 October 2025 Charge: Articles 178.2.4 (Swindle, that is maintaining another persons property or buying another persons property by a deceit or breach of confidence, committed with causing damage in the significant size) and 221.2.2 (Hooliganism committed with resistance to representative of the authority, acting as […]

Sardar Akif oglu Babayev – theologian, member of the Association Spiritual figures of Azerbaijan Date of arrest: 19 October 2021 Charge: Article 274 (High treason, that is deliberately action committed by a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan to detriment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, state security or defensibility of the Republic of Azerbaijan: changeover […]