Rashad Ramazanov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: February 5, 2024

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

On February 5, the trial in the case of religious blogger Rashad Ramazanov, accused of drug trafficking, ended in the Baku Serious Crimes Court. The court sentenced him to 5 years and 4 months in prison, his wife Kenul Ramazanova said. According to her, the court hastily completed the trial, because there was only one witness left who was not questioned. The state prosecutor proposed to sentence Rashad to 10 years in prison," the wife said. In addition, the defendant was not allowed to make a closing statement." Judge Azer Tagiyev simply asked: do you want an excuse? - to which Rashad replied "yes," she continued. "My husband is innocent. Even the witnesses who appeared in court did not testify against him," she said. In turn, lawyer Elchin Sadigov said that Ramazanov stated in court that he was tortured after his detention. Even the examination recognized that the traces of violence on his body coincide with the time of his detention.