Uzeyir Mammadli
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Uzeyir Mammadli | |
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Üzeyir Məmmədli | |
| Born | 26 August 1987 |
| Alma mater | Baku State University |
Uzeyir Mahammad oglu Mammadli (Azerbaijani: Üzeyir Məhəmməd oğlu Məmmədli; born August 26, 1987, in Barda) is a youth activist and co-founder of N!DA Civic Movement. He is known for his arrest on March 30, 2013, a few days after the protests held in Baku against the non-combat deaths in the military.[1][2] Mammadli is accused of preparing the riots during the protests. International human rights organization, Amnesty International recognized him as a prisoner of conscience.[3] He was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment on May 6, 2014, but later was pardoned and released on December 30, 2014, after 1 year 9 months imprisonment.[4]
In 2004, Mammadli graduated from a state secondary school located in Mollalı village in Barda where he was born and raised. In the same year, he moved to Baku to continue his education. He gained a B.Sc. in Law degree from Baku State University in 2008. Mammadli completed his one-year compulsory military service in July 2009.[5]