Rasul Jafarov

Happy birthday, Khadija!

A graffiti in Warsaw marks the upcoming birthday of imprisoned Azeri journalist Khadija Ismayilova.

Tags: %23FreeKhadija graffiti human rights Khadija Ismayilova public action Rasul Jafarov Caucasus EU neighbourhood

Institution: EBRD, EIB, World Bank Group

Theme: Social & economic impacts

Azeri regime stifles criticism ahead of European Games. European lender must finally take measures.

UPDATE 1 12h CET 12 June 2015

Platform have taken to the streets of London to protest the opening of the European Games. See a video of the action below, and read more in their book published Friday, All that glitters, which explores how the European Games belong to the Aliyev regime and the British oil company BP and how sport is being co-opted in the service of a dynasty and fossil fuels.

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Tags: Aliyev Azerbaijan development Emma Hughes Energy Union fossil fuels highlight human rights natural gas Platform London Rasul Jafarov Shah Deniz Southern Gas Corridor Caucasus EU neighbourhood

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts, Development

Europe's Caspian gas dreams - a nightmare come true for human rights in Azerbaijan

As investors and officials are promoting a gas pipeline project from the Caspian Sea to Italy, the systematic repression of human rights in Azerbaijan is hardly on the official agenda. The Aliyev regime’s weakly veiled attempts to muzzle dissent illustrate how even the most repressive governments are acceptable partners for Europe’s pet energy projects.

Tags: energy Energy Union human rights Intigam Aliyev Khadija Ismayilova Leyla Yunus natural gas Rasul Jafarov repression Shah Deniz Southern Gas Corridor Caucasus EU neighbourhood

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts, Development

Jailing of prominent human rights activists in Azerbaijan casts a shadow over Europe's planned gas deals with the Aliyev regime

April 24, 2015

London, Prague -- Azerbaijan's authoritarian regime has been intensifying its crackdown on civil society with the recent jailing of two leading human rights defenders. The Aliyev regime has gained much of its political and financial clout by siphoning off proceedings from the country's vast oil and gas reserves. These are the same reserves that the EU is now planning to make its next big source of gas, and the same government that the EU still considers a legitimate partner.

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts, Development

Tags: Azerbaijan, Intigam Aliyev, Lukoil, Rasul Jafarov, Shah Deniz, Southern Gas Corridor, Caucasus, EU neighbourhood

Azerbaijan political prisoners list published with report's authors on it

August 19, 2014

London -- Human rights activists in Azerbaijan published yesterday a list of 98 people who are currently political prisoners in the country run by the authoritarian regime of Ilham Aliyev. Ironically, the list includes the names of two of its authors, prominent rights activists Rasul Jafarov and Leyla Yunus, who were arrested under false charges earlier this month while they were working on the report.

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts

Tags: Azerbaijan, Euro-Caspian Mega Pipeline, human rights, Ilham Aliyev, Leyla Yunus, political prisoners, Rasul Jafarov, TAP, Caucasus