Anar Arkivan

AXCP

[Anar Arkivan @AnarArkivan]

@AliKarimli #freAliKarimli

[Ali Karimli @AliKarimli]

⚠️ APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF ALI KARIMLI IN DETENTION

Nearly 9 months after Ali Karimli was arrested on wholly fabricated charges, the investigation has produced no evidence and conducted no meaningful inquiry. Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani authorities have continued to worsen his conditions of detention.

Ali Karimli is not being provided with adequate drinking water. A person associated with religious extremist forces has been placed in his cell, posing a threat to his safety. From 11pm, an alarm sounds every 15 minutes and a cellmate loudly performs a ritual until morning, effectively depriving him of sleep.

For more than two months, he has also been denied phone calls and visits with his family. His rights to meet confidentially with his lawyers and exchange written notes with them continue to be violated.

These conditions raise grave concerns under Articles 2, 3 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the UN Convention against Torture and the Nelson Mandela Rules. Deliberate sleep deprivation and the infliction of psychological suffering constitute inhuman and degrading treatment.

The Azerbaijan Popular Front Party calls on the Azerbaijani public not to remain indifferent.

We call on the international community and diplomatic corps to investigate Ali Karimli’s treatment, visit him in detention, assess his health and conditions firsthand, inform their governments of the situation and take the necessary legal steps.

Ali Karimli must be released.

#FreeAliKarimli #FreeThemAll

[Anar Arkivan @AnarArkivan]

@amnistia The population is starving.

[Anar Arkivan @AnarArkivan]

@amnistia The European Union must stand up for Ali Karimli!

[Anar Arkivan @AnarArkivan]

@amnistia #freeAliKarimli

[amnistia . org @amnistia]

The health of imprisoned government critics in Azerbaijan is at grave risk as another political activist faces the threat of extradition

Authorities must stop targeting dissidents and ensure access to adequate medical care

https://t.co/PELUp7Ps6L

[Ganimat Zahid @QanimatZahid]

The sound of the “drill” installed on the door of the cell where Ali Karimli is being held in the detention facility of the State Security Service has been going on for more than a month. It is a genuine form of torture for all the detainees held in the cells!
Of course, it is especially so for Ali Karimli himself and the two other people being held with him.
This is truly administrative madness!

[Anar Arkivan @AnarArkivan]

#freeAliKarimli

[Anar Arkivan @AnarArkivan]

@AliKarimli #freeAliKarimli

[Ali Karimli @AliKarimli]

Human Rights Watch has raised the alarm over the escalating abuse of imprisoned Azerbaijani opposition leader Ali Karimli.

Following his June interview with France 24, the authorities reportedly:
• Cut his phone calls with family
• Subjected him to prolonged sleep deprivation
• Banned family food parcels
• Removed access to TV, newspapers and written materials

Human Rights Watch warns that these measures may amount to inhuman or degrading treatment under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Detained since November 2025 on politically motivated charges he rejects, Ali Karimli has now spent more than eight months in pretrial detention.

Human Rights Watch calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to end the abusive treatment, release Ali Karimli, and drop the unfounded charges. It also urges Azerbaijan’s international partners to raise his case publicly and in bilateral meetings.

Read the full statement:
https://t.co/paNOUM4HZZ

[Anar Arkivan @AnarArkivan]

@AliKarimli @charter_97 #freeAliKarimli

[Ali Karimli @AliKarimli]

Belarusian independent outlet @charter_97 has drawn attention to the worsening treatment of Azerbaijani opposition leader Ali Karimli in detention.

Charter97 knows the cost of political repression firsthand. One of Belarus’s leading independent media voices, it has itself faced censorship and persecution under the Lukashenko regime and has been forced to operate from exile.

Its report details Karimli’s alarming condition in court, his repeated pleas for water in extreme heat and his family’s account that he lost consciousness while being transported to the hearing after being denied drinking water.

Solidarity across borders matters. Those who have experienced authoritarian repression recognise it elsewhere, and their voices help ensure that political prisoners are not forgotten.

Ali Karimli must be released:
https://t.co/pcNnfTIk4j

[Anar Arkivan @AnarArkivan]

@AliKarimli #azadet

[Ali Karimli @AliKarimli]

Amnesty International warns that Ali Karimli’s treatment in detention “may amount to torture or other ill-treatment.”

According to his family, he fainted from severe dehydration during a court hearing on 6 August after drinking water to his cell had reportedly been cut off.

Amnesty is calling on the Azerbaijani authorities to ensure immediate access to adequate drinking water, ventilation and necessary medical care.

#FreeAliKarimli #FreeThemAll

https://t.co/C2NvCQToxO

[Anar Arkivan @AnarArkivan]

@AliKarimli @TLHumanRights #freeAliKarimli

[Ali Karimli @AliKarimli]

Ali Karimli should be immediately and unconditionally released. - @TLHumanRights

[Gulu Mammadli 🇪🇺🇦🇿🇨🇵 @MemmedliQulu85]

Why, the Europe?

A dictator who inherited power from his father and has ruled Azerbaijan for 23 years is now running the country through an increasingly authoritarian system. The rule of law has been weakened, political competition has been suppressed, and those who openly criticize the government face persecution.

The situation has reached a point where Azerbaijan is increasingly being compared to North Korea. Yet despite all of this, the European Union, its leading member states, and the United States, which present themselves as defenders of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms, continue to shake hands, embrace, and build political relationships with the country's authoritarian leader.

The question is simple:

Why?

Is it because of oil and gas?

If so, does that mean human rights, democracy, and the rule of law are principles remembered only when there are no energy interests at stake?

And where are the democratic values you have promoted to the world for decades? What happened to you?

Hundreds of people are reportedly being held in Azerbaijan for political reasons. In a country where critics of the government face persecution and opposition political activity is severely restricted, the silence of the West raises serious questions. The imprisonment of an opposition leader and allegations of torture against him require independent investigation and a clear, principled response.

Democracy is not a promise made only on election day. Human rights are not principles to be defended only when it is convenient. And the rule of law is not a decoration that can be placed aside when oil and gas contracts are on the table.

We do not expect double standards from the West. We expect principles.

If democracy is truly a value, it cannot be made dependent on energy deals.

If human rights are universal, then they must be defended openly when dealing with governments accused of violating those rights.

If the freedom of political prisoners and the rights of the opposition genuinely matter, then concrete and measurable demands must be placed before the Azerbaijani government.

The people of Azerbaijan are not asking the West for miracles. We are simply asking you to remain faithful to the values you claim to defend.

Otherwise, when those who lecture the world about democracy embrace dictators for the sake of their own interests, it is entirely legitimate to ask how seriously those democratic values are actually taken.

@POTUS @StateDept @SecRubio @WhiteHouse @USAmbUN @USUN @EU_Commission @eucopresident @vonderleyen @kajakallas @Europarl_EN @EUSR_Weber @ECHR_CEDH @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @BBCWorld @CNN @nytimes @washingtonpost

@EU_Commission @eucopresident @Europarl_EN @eu_eeas @kajakallas @vonderleyen @EP_President @Europarl_EN @EUCouncil @EPPGroup @RenewEurope @GreensEFA @TheProgressives @ManfredWeber @TimmermansEU @EamonGilmore @coe @PACE_News @ECHR_CEDH @EUinAzerbaijan

[Anar Arkivan @AnarArkivan]

@TLHumanRights #freeAliKarimli

[Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission @TLHumanRights]

Azerbaijani opposition politician Ali Karimli is being subject to increasingly punitive detention conditions during his politically-motivated persecution by Azerbaijani authorities. He should be immediately and unconditionally released.

[Hacıvəlli @Rzayev00061]

@TLHumanRights Azərbaycan hakimiyyətinin favoriti, ölkə müxalifətinin lideri, dünya demokratiyasının öncülü Ə. Kərimlinin işgəncələrlə ölümünə göstəriş vermiş İ. Əliyevin Nobel Sülh mükafatına təşəbbüsçülük etməsi nonsensdir, absurddur!