BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 10. A court has ruled to
extend the preventive measures imposed on Ramiz Mehdiyev, Popular
Front Party (APFP) Chairman Ali Karimli, Eldar Amirov, and APFP
Presidium member Mammad Ibrahim in a criminal case launched by the
State Security Service (SSS).


According to the information, the Sabail District Court reviewed
motions submitted by the investigative authority concerning the
four individuals.


The court decided to extend the pre-trial detention of Ali
Karimli by five months. The detention of Mammad Ibrahim, an APFP
Presidium member arrested in the same case, was also extended by
five months.


In addition, the court considered a motion filed by
investigators to extend the preventive measure imposed on former
Presidential Administration chief Ramiz Mehdiyev. The Sabail
District Court extended Mehdiyev’s house arrest by five months.


The court also ruled to extend by five months the pre-trial
detention of Eldar Amirov, former head of the Secretariat of the
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) and a former
Presidential Administration official.







As a result of the comprehensive measures taken by the nation's
State Security Service to prevent the provocative-disruptive
activities of foreign special service agencies against the
security, national interests, and benefits of Azerbaijan, concerns
have emerged regarding the actions of certain individuals from
Azerbaijan, including Ramiz Mehdiyev, Abbas Abbasov, and Ali
Karimli, who are suspected of engaging in activities intended to
unlawfully seize state power and alter the constitutional framework
by force.


For their participation in the listed criminal acts, Abbasov,
Karimli, Gahramanli, Mammad and Zahidov have been held responsible
as accused persons under Articles 278.1 (actions aimed at the
forcible seizure or forcible retention of power, as well as
forcible change of the constitutional structure of the state),
Eldar Amirov under 32.5 and 278.1 (assistance to actions aimed at
the forcible seizure or forcible retention of power, as well as
forcible change of the constitutional structure of the state), and
Mehdiyev 193-1.3.2 (legalization of a large amount of property
obtained through crime), 274 (treason), and 278.1 of the Criminal
Code of Azerbaijan.


Abbasov, Gahramanli, and Zahidov were declared wanted, and the
court chose a preventive measure of arrest in absentia because they
are currently outside of the territory of Azerbaijan, hiding from
the investigation.


Investigations into the criminal case are continuing.