On June 11, the Bilasuvar District Court sentenced three members of the opposition Musavat Party, Aladdin Alasgarli, Jabir Valiyev (2 years 3 months) and Goshar Nurali (2 years) to prison terms charged with Article 221.2.1 (hooliganism, committed by a group) of the Criminal Code (CC) related to a party event in late 2024, which the party asserts was a politically motivated provocation.[1]
Despite medical evidence of Alasgarli’s injuries, only the provocateur was fined, while the activists were imprisoned. Separately, on June 24, 2025, Agshin Abdullayev, member of Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan’s (PFPA) Oghuz branch, received 30 days of administrative detention after being summoned to a police station.[2] The PFPA claims Abdullayev was ‘slandered’ due to his criticisms, though specific details remain undisclosed and unconfirmed by official sources.
[1] Abzas Media, ‘On June 11, three members of the Musavat Party were sentenced on charges of hooliganism’, (June 2025), https://abzas.info/az/2025/6/musavatn-3-uzvu-barsind-hok9449f58a-4/, [available in Azerbaijani]
[2] Radio Liberty, ‘Our Member received 30 days of administrative detention’, (June 2025), AXCP: Gənc üzvümüzə 30 sutka verilib https://www.azadliq.org/a/33454674.html, [available in Azerbaijani]
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