Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan
AdoptedReference RC-B10-0567/2025
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Summary written by AI from the official roll-call record. It can make mistakes, so check the numbers.
- For477
- Against7
- Abstained69
- Absent166
- Margin
- +470
- Turnout
- 77%
How the groups voted
GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity
The Left46350011100%
S&D13699103699%
Greens/EFA53420
By country
- DE Germany66–0–14
- FR France64–0–0
- IT Italy33–1–25
- ES Spain43–0–2
- PL Poland39–0–5
- RO Romania16–0–1
Every MEP
- Mika AALTOLAEPP · FI
- Maravillas ABADÍA JOVEREPP · ES
- Magdalena ADAMOWICZEPP · PL
- Georgios AFTIASEPP · GR
- Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZRenew · ES
- Peter AGIUSEPP · MT
- Alex AGIUS SALIBAS&D · MT
- Abir AL-SAHLANIRenew · SE
- Galato ALEXANDRAKIECR · GR
- Grégory ALLIONERenew · FR
- Nikolaos ANADIOTISNon-attached · GR
- Christine ANDERSONESN · DE
- Li ANDERSSONThe Left · FI
- Rasmus ANDRESENGreens/EFA · DE
- Barry ANDREWSRenew · IE
- Mieke ANDRIESEPfE · NL
- Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITISS&D · LT
- Mathilde ANDROUËTPfE · FR
- Marc ANGELS&D · LU
- Gerolf ANNEMANSPfE · BE
- Lucia ANNUNZIATAS&D · IT
- Giuseppe ANTOCIThe Left · IT
- Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍAEPP · ES
- Pascal ARIMONTEPP · BE
- Sakis ARNAOUTOGLOUS&D · GR
- Anja ARNDTESN · DE
- Konstantinos ARVANITISThe Left · GR
- Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZEPP · PL
- Jaume ASENS LLODRÀGreens/EFA · ES
- Francisco ASSISS&D · PT
- Daniel ATTARDS&D · MT
- Manon AUBRYThe Left · FR
- René AUSTESN · DE
- Petras AUŠTREVIČIUSRenew · LT
- Adrian-George AXINIAECR · RO
- Malik AZMANIRenew · NL
- Thomas BAJADAS&D · MT
- Jeannette BALJEURenew · NL
- Laura BALLARÍN CEREZAS&D · ES
- Jordan BARDELLAPfE · FR
- Katarina BARLEYS&D · DE
- Dan BARNARenew · RO
- Pernando BARRENA ARZAThe Left · ES
- Stephen Nikola BARTULICAECR · HR
- Nikola BARTŮŠEKPfE · CZ
- Arno BAUSEMERESN · DE
- Nicolas BAYECR · FR
- Christophe BAYPfE · FR
- Wouter BEKEEPP · BE
- Fredis BELERISEPP · GR
- François-Xavier BELLAMYEPP · FR
- Dragoş BENEAS&D · RO
- Brando BENIFEIS&D · IT
- Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEAEPP · ES
- Hildegard BENTELEEPP · DE
- Tom BERENDSENEPP · NL
- Sibylle BERGNon-attached · DE
- Stefan BERGEREPP · DE
- Sergio BERLATOECR · IT
- Alexander BERNHUBEREPP · AT
From the Parliament's press release
- The European Parliament adopted by 477 votes to 7, with 69 abstentions, a resolution on the arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan.Since the beginning of 2025, the number of political prisoners in Azerbaijan has surged to almost 400 individuals, arbitrarily detained on politically motivated charges, among them civil society activists, opposition leaders, journalists, academics, and human rights defenders.Igbal Abilov, a Talysh ethnic minority researcher and editor-in-chief of Talysh National Academy News, and Bahruz Samadov, a PhD student at Charles University, were sentenced to 18 and 15 years’ imprisonment respectively on charges of high treason. The trials of both academics were held…