Bank Of Baku

Court declines motion filed in the case of APFP Chairman Ali Karimli

Ali Karimli, chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP)

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# 10 December 2025 15:54 (UTC +04:00)

An appeal has been filed with the court requesting a change to the pre-trial detention measure applied to Ali Karimli, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), who was detained during an operation conducted by the State Security Service (SSS), APA reports.

The motion was reviewed today at the Sabail District Court, and a decision was issued.

According to the decision, the motion was rejected.

Recall that by the decision of the Sabail District Court, a pre-trial detention measure of 2 months and 15 days was applied to Ali Karimli. The Baku Court of Appeal upheld this decision.

It should also be noted that Ali Karimli, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), and Mammad Ibrahimli, a member of the party’s Presidium, were questioned at the State Security Service as part of the investigation concerning them.

After searches were conducted in their homes, they were taken to the SSS. Ali Karimli was charged under Article 278.1 of the Criminal Code (actions aimed at seizing power by force or forcibly changing the constitutional order).

The searches and interrogations of Ali Karimli and Mammad Ibrahim were related to the criminal case under investigation at the SSS involving Ramiz Mehdiyev.

The former head of the Presidential Administration, Ramiz Mehdiyev, has been charged under Articles 278.1 (acts aimed at seizing state power), 274 (state treason), and 193-1.3.2 (legalization of property obtained through criminal means) of the Criminal Code.

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