In Baku Court, Abdul Abilov, Facebook user accused of drug trafficking, claims his innocence

On Thursday, the Baku Court on Grave Crimes chaired by Judge Akhmed Guliev has started court hearings on the case against Abdul Abilov, a 32-year-old active user of Facebook, a creator of the group "Stop Sycophants!", who is accused of drug trafficking. At the court hearing, the Court has pronounced the indictment and listened to the testimonies of eight witnesses for prosecution. Abdul Abilov has rejected the charge against him and called it politically motivated.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Abdul Abilov was detained on November 22, 2013. On the other day, the Nariman District Court of Baku has pronounced the pre-trial restriction measure to him in the form of a three-month arrest. According to the police, drugs were found at the activist's rented apartment. Abdul Abilov rejects the charge and believes that he is prosecuted for the Facebook pages "Stop Sycophants!" and "Stop Election Fraud" created by him.

It should be noted that earlier, in Azerbaijan, active users of social networks on the Internet, who criticized the authorities, were subjected to arrests and were sentenced on charges of illegal possession of drugs.