Baku:The trial of Ali Karimli, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), and Mammad Ibrahim, a member of the party's Presidium, has commenced. A preliminary hearing took place at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, with Judge Vugar Guliyev presiding over the session.

According to Azeri-Press news agency, the personal details of the defendants were verified during the proceedings. The court has decided to move forward with the examination of the criminal case.

The trial hearing is scheduled for November 13. Ali Karimli and Mammad Ibrahim were detained by the State Security Service in December of the previous year. They face charges under Article 278.1 of the Criminal Code, which pertains to actions aimed at the violent seizure of power or the violent change of the state's constitutional order.