Footage shows moment Ali Karimli detained - VIDEO
Azerbaijan’s State Security Service (SSS) has released a report and video footage related to the detention of opposition figure Ali Karimli as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged crimes against state authority.
Investigative measures are being carried out in connection with suspected actions targeting state authority and the constitutional order, News.Az reports, citing the SSS press service.
Authorities also outlined charges against former official Ramiz Mehdiyev. According to investigators, in August–September 2025 Mehdiyev drafted an article in a foreign language titled “Proposals on the Restructuring of the State Administration System,” which contained plans and directives aimed against state authority.
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According to the SSS statement, the document was delivered to Ali Karimli on September 27, 2025, through intermediaries. A final edited version was later sent to officials of a foreign special service through employees of a company linked to Mehdiyev, and the transfer was reportedly recorded through technical surveillance.
Authorities state that these actions were aimed at seizing state power with foreign support and constituted treason by assisting foreign entities in ways that undermined Azerbaijan’s national security interests.
The State Security Service said the criminal investigation is ongoing.
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