03:47, 22 November 2025

The arrest of Zahireddin Ibragimov has been extended.

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An Azerbaijani court has remanded Zahireddin Ibrahimov, chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Ethnic Minorities' Rights, in custody for five months.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, Russian citizen Zahireddin Ibrahimov, whom security forces believe to have participated in anti-Azerbaijani protests in Yerevan, has been arrested in Baku. According to the APA publication, Ibrahimov, who called himself the chairman of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic Minorities in Azerbaijan, lived in Yekaterinburg and "for many years spoke out against Azerbaijan" at events organized in Yerevan. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that Ibrahimov had previously been deprived of Russian citizenship.

On November 21, the Sabail District Court extended the arrest of Zahiraddin Ibrahimov for five months, Oxu.az reports.

Ibrahimov has been charged under Articles 274 (treason), 281.3 (public calls against the state on behalf of foreign organizations and their representatives), and 283.1 (actions aimed at inciting national hatred and enmity) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

"Caucasian Knot" reported that the case of ethnographer Igbal Abilov was similarly reported in July 2024. Then, several pro-government Azerbaijani media outlets published the same report without citing a source. It stated that Abilov had been detained "as a result of special operational measures" by the State Security Service. Igbal Abilov, who had lived in Belarus since childhood, came to Azerbaijan in 2024 for a relative's wedding and was subsequently detained on charges of collaborating with Armenian intelligence services. In May 2025, a court sentenced him to 18 years in prison for treason. The scholar's relatives cited his research into Talysh culture as the real reason for the criminal case. The treason charge looks unconvincing and is yet another episode in the practice of persecuting activists from Azerbaijan's national minorities, human rights activists have stated.

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