Ahmad Mammadli

Affiliated media: Yoldash Media, Founder

Incident date: May 8, 2025

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Jam News

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

On May 8, 2025, the Binagadi District Court imposed a four-month pretrial detention measure on public activist and founder of Yoldash Media, Ahmad Mammadli. He is being prosecuted under Articles 126.2.4 (deliberately inflicting serious harm to health) and 221.3 (hooliganism involving the use of a weapon or items used as weapons) of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code. If convicted, Mammadli faces up to 11 years in prison. Mammadli has denied the charges and claims he is being targeted due to his media work and activism. As he was brought to court, he shouted: “I was arrested because of Yoldash Media! Free media cannot be silenced!” His wife, Turkan Mammadli, informed Meydan TV that Ahmad was subjected to torture and deprivation of food and water while in police custody. According to her, he was kept without food or water for two days and remaied in poor condition. She added that officers pressured him to unlock his phone, and when he refused, they used electric shock against him.