Babak Avand

He was arrested along with several other Turk activists in 2016. It is said that the arrests are in relation to the conflicts between the countries of Azerbaijan and Armenia

• <coverage-outsourcing id='7015'> Habib Sasanian, Esmaeel Fakhimi, Mehdi Javadzadeh, Hamid Saghafi, Babak Avand, and Yones Rahimi were arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7013'> According to Harana, the families of the detainees are being pressured not to speak to the media </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7014'> According to Harana, in the middle of June 2016, Mr. Mozaffari, Judiciary chief of Eastern Azarbaijan, identified these activists as "Members of a 6 man espionage group known as Gamo". According to Mozaffari, these individuals "were gathering classified military and economic documents and delivering them to enemies of the regime." But Harana announced that they were arrested for activities "related to the issue of Qarah Bagh and Armenia" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12427'> In the reports published during the next several months about the conditions of Habib Sasani in Tabriz Prison, there were no mentions of Babak Avand, Mehdi Javadzadeh, and Hamid Saghafi. These three were probably released in that period of time </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15853'> According to Azoh, the court tried six of the accused in this case, in the third branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, headed by judge Bagherpour. This report claims that Habib Sasanian refused to attend the trial in protest of the legitimacy and the manner of investigation of the court. The Revolutionary Court of Tabriz did not attach his defense to the file. The hearing took four hours and the next hearing will take place in the following weeks </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25472'> Babak Avand, Hamid Saghafi, and Esmail Fakhimi were sentenced to four months in prison and Mehdi Amirinejad to two years in prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16983'> According to HRANA, a hearing was held in the third branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, to treat the charges against Mehdi Javadzadeh, Hamid Saghafi, Babak Avand, Esmael Afkhami (Fakhimi), Yunes Rahimi and Habib Sassanian, it continued until 21:00, but Habib Sassanian was not present at the hearing. Based on this report, the four who were present, were charged for,“membership in the Gamov group” and the other individual was charged for “deputy organiser of the group” </coverage-outsourcing>