Anar Mammadli, a prominent human rights activist and government critic, spent more than two years in pre-trial detention.

Omissions

• Anar Mammadli was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison on 7 September 2026, roughly one month before the session date (7 October 2026), so the pre-trial detention had already ended at the time of the claim.
• This was Mammadli's second imprisonment; he had previously been convicted in 2014 in a separate politically motivated case, which the speaker did not mention.
• The claim is supported by independent human rights organisations (Amnesty International, Frontline Defenders) rather than by a primary official/statistical source; no such primary source exists for individual pre-trial detention durations in Azerbaijan.

Sources

• SecondaryAmnesty International — 'Azerbaijan: Lengthy sentences for Anar Mammadli and other independent voices point to the shocking scale of the crackdown on dissent'Anar Mammadli spent 27 months in detention between his arrest and conviction. This is his second unjust imprisonment... On 7 September 2026, the Baku Court on Grave Crimes sentenced Anar Mammadli to 13 years in prison.
• SecondaryFrontline Defenders — 'Human rights defender Anar Mammadli sentenced to 13 years in prison'On 30 April 2024, Khatai District Court of Baku ruled to place human rights defender Anar Mammadli in pre-trial detention until the end of August 2024... On 7 September 2026, the Baku Court on Grave Crimes sentenced human rights defender Anar Mammadli to 13 years in prison.
• SecondaryOMCT / FIDH — 'Azerbaijan: Electoral observer Anar Mammadli sentenced to 13 years in prison'On 7 September 2026, the Baku Court on Grave Crimes sentenced Mr Anar Mammadli to 13 years in prison and disqualified him from holding certain positions... Mr Mammadli has been detained at the Baku Pre-Trial Detention pending transfer to a strict-regime correctional institution since April 2024.