A court has twice extended his pretrial detention, most recently on June 10 for five months, meaning he may remain detained until at least November pending trial. Soon afterward, authorities placed another detainee in Karimli’s cell who, according to his lawyers, speaks and recites religious phrases throughout the night. Authorities reportedly prohibited family food parcels, switched off his television, confiscated newspapers, and barred his lawyers from providing written materials. Since November 2025, more than 20 party members have reportedly been detained, held in pretrial detention, or subjected to travel bans. The Azerbaijani authorities should end the punitive restrictions, release Karimli from pretrial detention, and drop the unfounded charges.