Category: <span>Media</span>

Anar Abdulla (Abdullayev) – journalist and public activist Date of arrest: 4 August 2025 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 (criminal association); 193-1.3.2 (Legalization of money or other property obtained […]

Elnur Mammadov – public activist Date of arrest: 29 October 2025 Charge: Article 388-1.1.1 (Placement or failure to prevent the spread of prohibited information on the Internet) of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 31 October 2025, the Baku City Sabayil District Court issued a ruling: to apply a preventive measure […]

Ibrahim Humbat oglu Humbatov – Head of the Azerinfo.az website Date of arrest: 11 December 2023 Charge: Article 182 (Extortion) 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 Ibrahim […]

Ilhami Nasibov– Head of the Kanal21.az YouTube channel Date of arrest: 17 August 2025 Charge: Article 182.2.4 (Extortion committed with causing damage to a victim in significant size) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. On 17 August 2025, the Aghdam District Court issued an order: to satisfy the investigator’s petition on arrest and […]

Aslan Ahad oglu Qurbanov – blogger Date of arrest: 14 July 2020 Charge: Articles 281.2 (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, committed repeatedly or by group […]

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 […]