Ahmad Mammadli

Chair of Azerbaijani democracy group given prison sentence following anti-government posts

Ahmad Mammadli, the chair of an Azerbaijani pro-democracy group, has been sentenced to 30 days in prison by a district court in Baku, following his alleged abduction by plain-clothes police officers.  He was found guilty under Article 535.1, ‘intentionally disobeying the legal requirements of a police or military officer’.  Speaking to OC Media, the Democracy 18 (D18) pro-democracy group, stated that Ahmad Mammadli was attacked by people in civilian clothes while walking in Baku on 20 Septem