Kifayat Maharramova was fined on 1 May for selling religious literature without the required approval from the State Committee for Work with Religious Organisations.
Police seized 58 books and 16 CDs from her shop in Gyanja, Azerbaijan’s second city. Earlier in 2017, two booksellers in the capital, Baku, failed to overturn similar fines on appeal.
All three were fined 2,000 Manats each (about $1,200), equivalent to about four months’ salary for local workers.
