{"id":30234,"date":"2025-04-24T14:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/free-anar.site\/?page_id=30234"},"modified":"2025-09-01T15:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:54:36","slug":"1-year-detention-call-for-the-release-of-anar-mammadli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.endrepression-az.org\/az\/1-year-detention-call-for-the-release-of-anar-mammadli\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Year Detention: Call for the Release of Anar Mammadli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” admin_label=”Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ background_color=”#f3dc95″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”7px|0px|40px|0px||” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.2″ text_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”center” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” inline_fonts=”Oswald” global_colors_info=”{}”]

One Year in Detention:
Call for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Anar Mammadli<\/h1>\n

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29 April 2025 marks one year since human rights defender Anar Mammadli’s arrest in Azerbaijan.<\/strong><\/h4>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”11px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Model-letter-1.docx” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”DOWNLOAD MODEL LETTER (DOC)” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#f3dc95″ button_bg_color=”#d32329″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”11px” button_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” button_icon=”9||divi||400″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Human rights defender Anar Mammadli was arrested on 29 April 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. On 8 April 2025, shortly before the close of the investigation, the initial charges brought against him (smuggling and money laundering) were escalated (engaged in unregistered and illegal entrepreneurial activities, tax evasion, and forgery of documents). <\/span>He remains in pre-trial detention awaiting trial. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>Anar Mammadli is one of Azerbaijan\u2019s most prominent voices for democratic governance and electoral integrity. He leads the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre (EMDS), the country\u2019s only independent election observation organisation. He co-founded the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE). In recognition of his work, he received the V\u00e1clav Havel Human Rights Prize from the Council of Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

His case is emblematic of the broader repression<\/a> on civil society in Azerbaijan. Since January 2023, the number of political prisoners has increased by more than 250%, including the recent arrest of human rights defender Bashir Suleymanli, a long-time colleague and co-founder of EMDS.<\/p>\n

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We therefore call for the immediate and unconditional release, as well as full rehabilitation, of Anar Mammadli, Bashir Suleymanli, and all other human rights defenders, journalists, political activists, and academics currently unjustly detained in Azerbaijan.<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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