Rasul Jafarov

Rasul Jafarov
Rasul Jafarov
Rəsul Cəfərov
	Rasul Jafarov
Born	17 August 1984 (age 39); Azerbaijan
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Occupation(s)	lawyer, human rights activist
Known for	human rights activism
Awards	The Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award by Norwegian Helsinki Committee (2014)

Rasul Jafarov (Azerbaijani: Rəsul Ağahəsən oğlu Cəfərov; born August 17, 1984) is a lawyer and prominent human rights defender^[1] in Azerbaijan.

In April 2015, he was sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment. He was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.^[2] He received a pardon in March 2016.

^ "Azerbaijan: EU concerned by further arrests of human rights activists". European Commission. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
^ "Azerbaijan: The repression games: The voices you won't hear at the first European Games". Amnesty International. June 10, 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[ec.europa.eu-1] "Azerbaijan: EU concerned by further arrests of human rights activists". European Commission. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.

[2] "Azerbaijan: The repression games: The voices you won't hear at the first European Games". Amnesty International. June 10, 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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