The police officer conducting the search then allegedly found 0.74 grams of marijuana in the pocket of his coat, and Savalan was booked on charges of "possessing narcotics with an intent to supply".
[5] One friend reportedly told Amnesty International, "Jabbar is not a smoker and doesn't drink alcohol at all – there is no way he would be a drug user.
[6] Savalan's lawyer, Anar Gasimov, alleged that following the trial, one of the police officers had approached and threatened him, stating, "I know where you live.
[7] Amnesty International described the charges against Savalan as "trumped up", stating its belief that the accusation formed part of a pattern of "similar cases where drugs have been found on prominent critics of the government, such as Eynulla Fatullayev and Sakit Zahidov".
[6] The organization selected Savalan's case for their 2011 Letter-Writing Marathon, which reportedly generated more than one million appeals on behalf of prisoners.
[10] The resolution mentioned concern for Savalan's case by name, noting that he had apparently been "targeted for using Facebook to call for demonstrations against the government" and that "serious doubts" existed regarding the fairness of his drug trial.
[11] In early May, Savalan was conscripted into the army despite being exempt from military service, leading Amnesty International to state concern that he "was targeted for his peaceful activism".