10 Facts About Rasul Jafarov

Rasul Jafarov is a lawyer and prominent human rights defender in Azerbaijan.

Rasul Jafarov was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.

Rasul Jafarov has worked as reporter for the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, where he investigated numerous criminal cases against journalists, prepared reports about the cases, and monitored the trials and legal correspondences.

Rasul Jafarov is a founder and chairman of the Human Rights Club, non-formal group, which has been denied legal registration by the Azerbaijani court since the group establishment in 2010.

Also in 2012 Rasul Jafarov has organized "Expression Online Initiative" that coincided with Internet Governance Forum, which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Rasul Jafarov was an active participant of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.

In June 2014, Rasul Jafarov has been included to the Natalia Project - alarm and positioning system for human rights defenders at risk.

In 2014, together with Leyla Yunus, Rasul Jafarov has led a Working Group, which worked on compiling a list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan.

In March 2016 Rasul Jafarov was among 148 prisoners who received a presidential pardon.

Rasul Jafarov has been nominated for the Human Rights Tulip award.