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Ilkin Rustamzade
İlkin Rüstəmzadə
Rustamzade in April 2022
Born (1992-08-02) 2 August 1992 (age 33)
Alma materAzerbaijan State University of Economics
OccupationHuman rights activist
Years active2013–2020
OrganizationNida Civic Movement
Criminal chargesThreatening national security
Criminal penaltyEight years imprisonment
Criminal statusReleased

Ilkin Bakir oglu Rustamzade (Azerbaijani: İlkin Bəkir oğlu Rüstəmzadə; born 2 August 1992) is an Azerbaijani human rights activist, known for being a member of the Nida Civic Movement until 2020.[1] In 2014, he was sentenced to eight years imprisonment and was recognised as a prisoner of conscience by human rights organisations including Amnesty International.[2]

Early life and education

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Rustamzade was born on 2 August 1992 in Ganja, Azerbaijan. In 2009, he started studying management at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics in Baku. Rustamzade's studies were interrupted following his arrest in 2013; he ultimately graduated in 2019.[3][4]

Activism

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Rustamzade was a member of the Nida Civic Movement until 2020.[5] He organised protests on 13 January 2013 as part of the "End Soldier Deaths" (Əsgər ölümlərinə son) campaign, following the death of a teenage soldier, Jeyhun Gubadov.[2][6] On 9 March, the day prior to the planned second "End Soldier Deaths" protest, Rustamzade was arrested and detained alongside seven other members of Nida. They were subsequently charged by the Prosecutor General's Office on 17 May 2024 following a criminal complaint filed by the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan.[3] On 6 May 2014, Rustamzade was sentenced to eight years imprisonment, alongside his co-defendants.[7]

Amnesty International subsequently declared Rustamzade as being a prisoner of conscience.[8] On 7 March 2019, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that his ongoing detention was unlawful.[9] On 17 March, Rustamzade was released after receiving a pardon from the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.[10][11]

Following Rustamzade's release, he was elected to Nida's board of directors following its 2019 election.[12] He was a founding member of the Movement (Hərəkət) bloc in the 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary elections, and ran as its candidate in the Nizami constituency.[13][14] Rustamzade's candidacy was subsequently rejected on the grounds that he had previously been convicted with a serious crime under the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan and had been released for less than three years. He appealed the decision, but it was upheld by Central Election Commission and local courts.[14]

On 2 July 2020, Rustamzade announced that he had resigned from the Nida board of directors, and had left the organisation altogether.[15]

Books

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Rustamzade has published four books, including a memoir, Yoldaş (lit.'Companion'), about his friendship with Bayram Mammadov.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "İlkin Rüstəmzadə: Bacımı hədələyiblər ki, qardaşın ağıllı olsun". Meydan TV (in Azerbaijani). 1 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Əli İnsanov, Gözəl Bayramlı, İlkin Rüstəmzadə və "siyasi məhbus" kimi tanınan bəzi şəxslər əfv edilib". BBC News Azərbaycanca (in Azerbaijani). 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Tikanlı məftillərin doğmalığı - İlkin Rüstəmzadə (VİDEO)". Meydan TV (in Azerbaijani). 30 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  4. ^ "İlkin Rüstəmzadə universitetə bərpa edildi". Qafqazinfo (in Azerbaijani). 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  5. ^ Bashir, Turkan (2 July 2020). "Gənc fəal İlkin Rüstəmzadə NİDA-dan istefa verdi". VOA (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Gənclər Əsgər ölümlərinə son aksiyasını keçirib". BBC News Azərbaycanca (in Azerbaijani). 12 January 2013. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  7. ^ "N!DA fəalları 6-8 il müddətinə azadlıqdan məhrum edilib, aclığı dayandırır". BBC News Azərbaycanca (in Azerbaijani). 6 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  8. ^ "İlkin Rüstəmzadə: "Məqsədimiz birlik göstərmək idi"". Toplum TV (in Azerbaijani). 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Avropa Məhkəməsi İlkin Rüstəmzadə ilə bağlı qərarını açıqladı: "Onun həbsi üçün əsaslı şübhə mövcud olmayıb"". VOA (in Azerbaijani). 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  10. ^ "İlkin Rüstəmzadə: "Gözləmirdim, mənə qarşı müəyyən münasibət var idi"". BBC News Azərbaycanca (in Azerbaijani). 17 March 2019. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Hökumət "Əsgər ölümlərinə son" aksiyasını keçirənlərə 188 min manat ödəyəcək". Bizim Yol (in Azerbaijani). 19 November 2021. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  12. ^ "İlkin Rüstəmzadə yoldaşının intihara cəhd etdiyini bildirir". Novator (in Azerbaijani). 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  13. ^ ""Hərəkət" seçki bloku təsis edilib". Turan (in Azerbaijani). 25 December 2019. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Ekspert qrupu tərəfindən baxılmış müraciətlər". Central Election Commission (in Azerbaijani). 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  15. ^ "İlkin Rüstəmzadə "Nida" Vətəndaş Hərəkatından çıxıb". APA (in Azerbaijani). 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  16. ^ "İlkin Rüstəmzadədən yeni kitab: "Yoldaş"". Yeniyaz (in Azerbaijani). 13 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2025.