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Prosecutor General's Office issues statement on arrest of human rights activist Rasul Jafarov

04 August 2014 15:47 (UTC +04:00)

Numerous interrogations, inspection, search, seizure and other investigative procedures have been carried out on the fact. As Financial Monitoring Service under the Central Bank informed about suspicious banking transactions by co-founder and chairman of Human Rights Club, Jafarov Rasul Aghahasan, the Union’s activity was inspected by the Ministries of Finance and Taxes, experts of the Council of State Support to Non-Governmental Organizations.

Rasul Jafarov abused his power by carrying out illegal business activities as he hadn’t registered grant agreements signed with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and other donor organizations in relevant executive authorities since October 2010 and illegally received AZN 147.000 and avoided paying AZN 6.162 taxes that was to be paid to the state budget.

Rasul Jafarov was sentenced to pre-trial detention as there are reasonable grounds that he committed crimes under articles #192.2.2, 213.1 and 308.2 of the Criminal Code.

The Investigation Department for Grave Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office is investigating the case.