Opposition figure Gulu Mammadli stated that the arrest of Ali Karimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was expected, but the reasons go beyond simple criticism of the authorities. According to Mammadli, Karimli's publications in major Western media have increased his political significance and visibility abroad, which has caused concern among the Azerbaijani authorities.
For the second time in the last month, Said-Muhamad Jumaev, a political prisoner from Chechnya, was placed in a punishment cell in IK-3 of the Tambov region. His aunt told me.
According to a relative of the young man, strict conditions of detention followed immediately after the nephew’s visit with his mother. Such increases reduce the possibility of parole.
On August 19, 2021, the Tver District Court of Moscow sentenced a student of Moscow State University Said-Muhamad Jumaev to five years of the colony. According to the investigation, on January 23, 2021, at an opposition rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, he struck two OMON officers and police officers with his hands and feet.
In the Caucasian and Chechen segments of social networks, the student’s actions received support and numerous likes. After the transfer, Dzhumaev was placed at least twice in a punishment cell in IK-2 of the city of Pokrov, Vladimir Oblast, and IK-3 in the village of Green Tambov Oblast.