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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Muslim Unity activist arrested in Azerbaijan

2022-12-09

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MMU)

...also in our archives as the unregistered Movement for Muslim Unity — no doubt an artifact of the translation — they describe themselves as a peaceful Shiite Islamic socio-political movement that calls for democratic reform and religious liberties, but it’s clear from context that they they mean the peace that comes from submission to Khomeini Shiism...

Mirtofig Huseynov has been arrested for three months on drug trafficking charges. Huseynov is being prosecuted on trumped-up charges, his father and associates said.

As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote Mirtofig Huseynov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MMU), was detained on the evening of December 6 at a bus stop near the January 20 metro station, the activist's father Mirjalal Huseynov said. Family members by noon on December 7 were unable to clarify his fate. The DME

...what’s that?

called the detention a continuation of a new wave of persecution of activists of the organization.

On November 23, Shahin Gadirli, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MMU), was detained by security forces at a bus stop on his way home from work. His relatives were informed of his detention only on 26 November. He was charged with involvement in drug trafficking on a large scale, the court sent him into custody for four months.

The DME called the case of Gadirli fabricated, considering it a provocation against the organization. Shahin Gadirli is the tenth Muslim Unity member to be held in prison, including the organization's leader Taleh Bagirzade,

...also known as Bagirov, in his youth the Azerbaijani Shiite studied theology in Iran, then came home to found the Movement for Muslim Unity, translatable 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, because he led the festivities. 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 a 2017 raid, in their interpretation of Khomeinism...

the DME reported.

On December 2, the Court of Appeal upheld him. Samir Babaev, a member of the DME, was detained on December 2 in the Mashtaga settlement, and on December 1, another member of the movement, Nijat Aliyev, was detained in the Masazir settlement, he was taken away in an unknown direction. The DME considered the detentions of Aliyev and Babayev unfounded. On December 6, it became known that Babayev and Aliyev were charged with drug trafficking.

The whereabouts of Mirtofig Huseynov became known only on the evening of December 7, his father Mirjalal Huseynov said.

"It turned out that my son was detained and taken to the 22nd police station of the Nasimi district. There he was charged under article 234.4.3 (drug trafficking) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. Yesterday (December 7) he was brought to the Nasimi district court, which made a decision about arrest for three months. That is, for such a period he will remain in custody while the investigation is going on. He has already been sent to the pre-trial detention center of Kurdakhany (SIZO-1 of the Penitentiary Service - Note of the "Caucasian Knot"). We do not believe in this accusation. My son is far from drugs, he is a believer," Mirjalal Huseynov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

How does he feel about captagon, the fuel of ISIS and everyone else in Iraq, Syria, and the lands about them? The Koran forbids alcohol, not mood altering substances in general — else the whirling dervishes would have to give up spinning until dizzy .

DME spokesman Abulfaz Bunyadov also questioned the credibility of the charges against Mirtofig Huseynov.

“Drug charges are often used against believers, and in particular members of the DME. Since November 23 alone, four DME activists have been arrested on this charge. It is obvious that these cases are fabricated. Detentions and arrests occur in violation of the law. relatives, they are not given the opportunity to invite a lawyer of their choice. This also happened with Mirtofig Huseynov. The charges in connection with drugs are ridiculous. Our activists are accused not even of using or possessing drugs, but of trafficking, and on a large scale. The question is, if they such drug dealers, why are they engaged in low-paid, low-skilled labor?All this is a new wave of pressure on Muslim Unity," Bunyadov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

He noted that the DME will try to involve a lawyer with an independent civil position in the defense of Mirtofig Huseynov to challenge the arrest.

The Nasimi District Court of Baku confirmed the information about the arrest of Mirtofig Huseynov, but refrained from commenting, noting that the defense has the right to appeal.

Article 234.4.3 (illegal manufacture, production, acquisition, storage, transportation, shipment or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment from 5 to 12 years.

On January 25, 2017, the leader of the Muslim Unity movement, Taleh Bagirzade, 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" "

The defendants complained of torture and 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.

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