Religious Activist Anar Jabbarov Accused of Drug Trafficking
Baku / 04.04.19 / Turan: The fate of Anar Jabbarov, an activist of the Muslim Unity Movement, who was detained in Turkey two weeks ago and extradited to the law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan, has been clarified.
All this time, relatives could not get information about his place of detention or the charges against him. Now it turns out that he was sent to Baku Detention Center No. 1 in Kurdakhani. This was reported to Turan by his family members.
The young man is accused of drug trafficking. His relatives believe the accusation is fabricated, and the arrest is ordered. Jabbarov"s rights will be defended by lawyer Bahruz Bayramov.
Anar Jabbarov, an activist of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), was detained in Turkey and taken to Baku on March 22 and transferred to the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of the MIA.
Jabbarov left Azerbaijan after the Nardaran events of 2015. For some time he remained in the Russian Federation, and then moved to Turkey, where he received a residence permit.
The mass arrests of the MUM activists began in November 2015 and there are now 46 convicted MUM activists and supporters in prison, including the leader of the organization, Taleh Bagirzadeh. -06D--
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