Brussels, 17/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - During the evening of Thursday 16 April, the European Union criticised the six and a half year custodial sentence imposed by an Azerbaijan court on Rasul Jafarov, “a well-known human rights defender and respected partner of international donors”. Jafarov was arrested on 2 August on charges that included illegal entrepreneurship, tax evasion and the abuse of power.
His sentencing “appears harsh and disproportionate to the alleged offences on which...