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[KavkazUzel] The detained member of the movement "Muslim Unity" (DME) Shahin Gadirov was charged with involvement in drug trafficking on a large scale. By a court decision, a measure of restraint in the form of arrest for a period of 4 months was chosen against him. The DME considers the case fabricated and a provocation against the organization.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, Shahin Gadirov was detained on the evening of November 23 in Baku when he was leaving work.
Gadirov was detained on November 23 at a bus stop when he was returning home from work, Abulfaz Bunyadov, press secretary of the DME, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
“Only on November 26, members of his family clarified the fate of Shahin. It turned out that he was being held at the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GUBOP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was charged under Art. 234.3.4. Azerbaijan Criminal Code (Illegal manufacturing, production, purchase, storage, transportation, shipment or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors, on a large scale),” Bunyadov said.
By the decision of the Narimanov District Court, a measure of restraint in the form of arrest for a period of four months was chosen against Gadirov.
Bunyadov noted that so far Gadirov does not have a lawyer of his choice.
"Shahin Gadirov is a believer, he is far from drugs. If he were a drug dealer, he wouldn't have to do all sorts of hard daily physical work to support his family. Obviously, the accusation is false," Bunyadov said.
He noted that the DME considers the criminal case against Gadirov fabricated and regards his arrest as a provocation and pressure on the organization.
"Shahin Gadirov became the tenth member of the Muslim Unity currently held in prison, including the organization's leader Taleh Bagirzade," Bunyadov said.
On January 25, 2017, the leader of the Muslim Unity movement,
| ...in our archives as the unregistered Movement for Muslim Unity, they describe themselves as a peaceful Shiite Islamic socio-political movement that calls for democratic reform and religious liberties [for Shiites]... |
Taleh Bagirzade,
| ...a prominent Azerbaijani Shiite theologian, in his youth he studied theology in Iran, then came home to found the so-called Muslim Unity movement, which can be translated as Al Tawheed. He was sentenced to 20 years for murder, terrorism, organization of mass riots, illegal possession of weapons, and attempted forcible seizure of power. Authorities accused him and the Muslim Unity Movement of planning an armed insurrection against the state, claiming they’d thrown Molotov cocktails and opened fire on the police officers during the 2017 raid... |
and 17 of his supporters were sentenced to terms of 10 to 20 years on charges of organizing riots after a security operation in November 2015, which resulted in the death of seven people, including two policemen, says the reference of the "Caucasian Knot" "Nardaran". The defendants complained of being tortured. They pleaded not guilty. Azerbaijani human rights activists recognized the defendants in the Nardaran case as political prisoners. Subsequently, some of the convicts were released on pardon and the end of their term.
Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were not available for comment.
The Narimanov District Court confirmed the information about Gadirov's arrest.
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