Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Azerbaijan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Shi'a
Date of Detainment: March//2024
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Tarlan Sayyadov
Extra Bio Info:
Tarlan Sayyadov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In March 2024, Azerbaijani authorities detained Sayyadov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM) organization.
In July 2025, authorities sentenced him to three years' imprisonment for the "Illegal manufacture, purchase, storage, transportation, transfer, or selling of narcotics, psychotropic substances" (Art. 234 ACC).
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Azerbaijan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Shi'a
Date of Detainment: June/10/2025
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Elgiz Mammadov
Extra Bio Info:
Elgiz Mammadov is detained for his religious belief and identity.
On June 10, 2025, authorities detained Mammadov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Member (MUM), held him incommunicado for three days, and charged him with "Illegally purchasing or storing without a purpose of selling narcotics or psychotropic substances" (Art. 234.1 ACC).
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Azerbaijan
Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness
Date of Detainment: July/30/2025
Date of Release: November/26/2025
Current Status: Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Elgiz Ibrahimov
Extra Bio Info:
Elgiz Ibrahimov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On July 30, 2025, Judge Qalib Pashayev sentenced 19-year-old Ibrahimov to one year of imprisonment for conscientiously objecting to military service as a Jehovah's Witness (Art 321.1 ACC). Authorities arrested him in the courtroom and confined him in Ganca Prison No. 2, a high-security prison.
On November 26, 2025, Ibrahimov was released from prison on probation.