ARRESTS IN MAY 2021
5 May
The head of the “Muslim Unity” Movement Elchin Qasimly detained
According to the information of the executive director of the non-governmental organization “Line of Protection” Rufat Safarov, on 5 May 2021 the chairman of the board of the “Muslim Unity” Movement (DME) Elchin Qasimly was arrested.
On 5 May at 21.00, Qasimly should be a guest of the “Azerbaijan Hour” program of the Turan TV satellite TV channel broadcasting from abroad.
“Since there was no Internet in Qasimly’s house in the Mashtagha settlement, he was going to go to the city. However, it was not possible to establish contact with him at 21.00. Later it became known that Qasimly was detained while leaving his house. The place and reasons for the arrest of Qasimly are not known, ”Safarov said.
Elchin Qasimly was arrested in 2015 and sentenced to 15 years in prison in the Nardaran case. However, in March 2019, he was released in accordance with a presidential pardon order.
7 May
Two Azerbaijanis arrested for participation in Taliban Detachments
Yahya Mammadov Elnur Jabiyev
The State Security Service (SSS) announced the detention of Azerbaijani citizens, 44-year-old Yahya Mammadov and 36-year-old Elnur Jabiyev for participating in illegal armed formations of the Taliban movement.
Mammadov and Jabiyev left Azerbaijan in 2010, moved to Iran and from there illegally entered Pakistan, where they joined the illegal armed group Salahaddin of the Taliban Movement in North Waziristan and Urugzai provinces of Pakistan, press release of the State Security Service.
Both were charged as defendants in a criminal case initiated by the State Security Service under the Article 12.1, 279.1 (Participation in illegal armed groups outside Azerbaijan) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
A preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen against them.
24 May
ISIS member is arrested
Orhan Jamalov
According to the report of the Azerbaijani State Security Service (SSS), was arrested 35-year-old Orhan Jamalov, involved as part of ISIS.
Orhan Jamalov was prosecuted under the Articles of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic: 12.1, 218.2 (Participation in a criminal community) and 283-1.3 (Participation in groups, exercises or armed conflicts created under the guise of spreading religious confessions, performing religious rituals or with the aim of getting involved in armed conflicts, occurring outside Azerbaijan, on the basis of religious enmity, religious radicalism or religious fanaticism).
The SSS said that based on the information received that the citizen of Azerbaijan Orhan Jamalov left the country in 2014 and joined the armed group of the terrorist organization ISIS in Syria, and also carried out activities as part of this illegal formation, were carried out promptly – investigative measures:
“Earlier, Orhan Jamalov was convicted for possession of hand grenades and cartridges of various calibers. He planned to commit terrorist acts on the territory of the country.
After his release, Orhan Jamalov, at the invitation and with the help of Shamil, nicknamed “Khanzala”, went to Turkey in August 2014, and from there illegally through the territory of Syria to Raqqa. “Belonging to the terrorist organization ISIS, participation in exercises and armed conflicts as part of this criminal group.”
Orhan Jamalov’s family members and his lawyer have not yet expressed their attitude towards the arrest.