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Baku court issues verdict in absentia against expatriate blogger Imameddin Alimanov

28 July 2025 16:45 (UTC +04:00)

The final hearing in the criminal case of blogger Imameddin Alimanov, who resides abroad and is accused of making public calls against the state, has been held, APA reports.

At the Baku Court on Grave Crimes, presided over by Judge Huseyn Huseynli, a verdict was announced in absentia.

According to the verdict, Imameddin Alimanov was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

Note that Imameddin Alimanov is charged under Article 12.1 and 281.2 of the Criminal Code (repeated public calls against the state). Between April 2019 and May 2021, acting with a unified intent at various times, he created a YouTube social media account called “Xalq TV” and, through this channel, as well as in his video messages and speeches posted on “Osmanqizi TV” and “Inqilab TV” channels, there are reasonable suspicions that, together with other individuals as part of a pre-arranged group, he made public calls for the violent seizure and retention of power in the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as for the violent change of the constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and disseminated materials of such content. Since Imameddin Alimanov fled the investigation and went into hiding outside the borders of the Republic of Azerbaijan, it was not possible to bring charges against him. Therefore, a search warrant was issued for him by a decision dated May 27, 2021, and on the same date, the Binagadi District Court of Baku ruled to apply a preventive measure of arrest.