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"We are disturbed by reports that a local court in Azerbaijan has sentenced Jehovah's Witness Seymur Mammadov to nine months in prison for his conscientious objection to mandatory military service," the U.S. religious freedom body USCIRF's Vice Chair Abraham Cooper said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Mammadov, 22, is reportedly imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds. On September 22, the Goranboy District Court sentenced him to nine months in prison for "evasion without the lawful grounds from next appeal on military service or from an appeal on mobilization, with a purpose of evasion from serving in military," according to media reports.
"This is a worrying development we hope the Azerbaijani government will rectify immediately by releasing Seymur Mammadov, ceasing harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses and permitting conscientious objection as provided in the country's constitution." Nury Turkel, the USCIRF chair, said in a separate tweet.
Alex Raufoglu
Washington D.C.
Politics
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On 23 November at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, eco-activists from different countries held a protest action against the failure of countries to agree on climate finance.
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On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
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Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
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According to the Turkish newspaper Sabah, officials from the Istanbul Prosecutor's Office's Anti-Smuggling Unit have detained an Azerbaijani citizen with a large shipment of gold. The detention took place near the Vadi İstanbul shopping center in the Sarıyer district, where a taxi was stopped. During the search, 70 kg of gold was found. The Azerbaijani citizen in the vehicle claimed ownership of the cargo and also stated that he was a diplomat. The investigation by the prosecutor's office is ongoing, reports Sabah newspaper. The media outlet does not disclose the name of the "diplomat," only his initials – M.G.Ş. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declined to comment on the situation.
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