Suleyman Suleymanli

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: December 26, 2025

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Apa.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The Baku Serious Crimes Court has handed down its verdict in the case involving bloggers living in Europe, including Tural Sadigli, Elshad Mammadov, Suleyman Suleymanli, Gurban Mammadov, Orkhan Aghayev, Rafael Piriyev, and Ordukhan Teymurkhan. According to the ruling, Mammadov and Sadigli have been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Mammadov, Suleymanli, Aghayev, Piriyev, and Teymurkhan—have each been sentenced in absentia to nine years’ imprisonment. The bloggers, known for their sharply critical posts, were charged under Articles 178.3.1 (fraud, committed by an organized group), 214-2 (Open calls for terrorism), 220.2 (Mass riot, Active disobedience to the lawful demands of a representative of the authorities and calls for mass riots, as well as violence against citizens), 281.2 (Armed uprising, When the same acts are committed repeatedly or by a group of persons), 320.1 (Forgery of an official document) of the Criminal Code.