ARRESTS IN SEPTEMBER 2020
15 September
Arrested for protesting again the mosques demolition
Edgar Osmanov
Edgar Osmanov, a resident of the settlement Dyallar in the Shamkir District, was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment. According to Vetenugrunda.az, that information was provided by his father’s family,
“On 14 September Edgar was called in by the Head of the Dyallar Municipality. The mayor told Edgar that he had been summoned by the Shamkir District Police Department. So, Edgar went to the police station and did not return home. On 15 September, we were told that he had been imposed 20 days of arrest. Edgar’s father, Mahir Osmanov, went to the police station to find out about his son’s fate. There, he was told that his son had already been taken to the court, so go there, he was advised”.
Mahir Osmanov went to the court and after a long standstill at the door came in and asked about his son Edgar,
“I was asked: Are you the father of the criminal? I replied that my son had not committed any crime. He only protested against the demolition of the mosque and shared the pictures of the destruction. This is not a crime.” At that moment, two men in civilian clothes approached Mahir Osmanov, grabbed his hand and dragged him to another room. “There, they began to insult me and said that we had arrested your son, and we could arrest you too. Then one of the policemen said that my son had already been on trial and got 20 days in jail.”
In fact, Edgar Osmanov was found guilty under the Articles 510 (disorderly conduct) and 535.1 (persistent disobedience to a lawful demand of a police or military officer during the performance of their duties to protect public order) of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Azerbaijan Republic and was sentenced to 10 days of administrative detention.
It should be mentioned that the mosque under construction in the Dyallar settlement is being demolished by the order of Alimpasha Mammadov, the Head of the executive authority and the municipality of the settlement. As the locals said, instead of mosque it will be built a house for the family of a person killed in the Karabakh war. However, a local teacher who wished to remain anonymous claimed that the authorities actually had intended to demolish the mosque and sell that land.
18 September
The State Security Service special operation: Amil Ahmadov has been arrested
Amil Ahmadov
According to the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, the investigation revealed that a citizen of Azerbaijan, Amil Ahmadov, was trained in a special training camp in the Leroman settlement of Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic in 2016-2019. He was trained in order to participate in the armed conflicts carried out under the guise of spread of religious confessions. He learned how to use various types of firearms and explosives. Thereafter, he took part in terrorist acts outside the country. In particular, it was revealed that he had been a member of “Jeyshullah” and other illegal armed groups in military conflicts in the cities of Aleppo, Hama and Idlib.
Subsequently, Amil Ahmadov secretly fled to the territory of a third state.
On 7 September 2020, Amil Ahmadov was detained as a suspect by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan and charged under the Article 283-1.3 (Creation of stable group to participate in the armed conflicts outside the Azerbaijan Republic) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. The court issued a measure of restraint in the form of detention.
The criminal case is currently ongoing.