Another human rights defender banned from leaving the country

Following the alarming news of Leyla Yunus, another well known human rights activist was faced with a ban on leaving the country. Rasul Jafarov with the

Art for Democracy

Campaign, told TURAN news agency he was not allowed to leave and that his bank accounts were frozen. Jafarov does not understand the reasons for these restrictions, since  he is not a witness  or accused on  any criminal case. He has not been even summoned to the prosecutor office. For this reason, Jafarov, on July 30, filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General.