Kerimli's relatives have announced a ban on transfers to the politician in pretrial detention.

Azerbaijan Popular Front Party leader Ali Karimli is not receiving parcels at the pretrial detention center, his family reported. The PACE General Rapporteur on political prisoners called on the Azerbaijani authorities to review the charges against Karimli and ensure his rights are respected during the investigation.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, on November 29, State Security Service officers detained Ali Karimli, the leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), his advisor and APFP presidium member Mammad Ibrahim, and several other activists after searches. The party called the detentions politically motivated, assessing them as an attempt by the authorities to "destroy the last independent political force in Azerbaijan." On December 1, the court remanded both of them in custody for 2.5 months.

The General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on political prisoners, Azade Rojkhan (Sweden, Socialist Group), issued a statement in connection with Karimli's arrest.

"I am deeply concerned by the recent decision to remand Ali Karimli in custody on charges of attempting to seize power. This is the latest development in a worrying trend of shrinking space for political dissent in Azerbaijan," she was quoted as saying in a Council of Europe press release.

The PACE representative emphasized that the European Court of Human Rights had previously ruled twice ruled in his favor, in particular, finding a violation of his right to stand for election and his right to freedom of movement. "I urge the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately review the charges against Ali Karimli and ensure that the ongoing criminal case against him is conducted in full compliance with Azerbaijan's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights," the General Rapporteur said.

According to Yagublu's son-in-law and ally, deputy chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan and member of the NCDF Seymur Hazi, the State Security Service (SSS) pre-trial detention facility where Karimli is being held is not accepting parcels from home.

"Despite the fact that the investigator promised the lawyer to resolve the issue, the problem with the delivery of food and belongings to Ali Karimli remains," Hazi said.

According to him, despite filing an appeal against Karimli's arrest and Mamed Ibrahim's trial has not yet been scheduled.

A Caucasian Knot correspondent was unable to obtain comment from the Azerbaijani State Security Service.