The human rights activist Rasul Jafarov July 31 for 6 hours was questioned as a witness in the Investigation Department for Serious Crimes Prosecutor General's Office. He answered the questions of the criminal investigation against a number of local and foreign NGOs, Jafarov told Turan.
After the interrogation, a search was conducted at the home of the human rights defender.
"I said that the search was not necessary as there are no documents in the apartment related to the implementation of projects of civil society, which are interesting for the investigation. We recently redecorated, and documents with many things moved to my relatives. I said that I was ready to submit these documents to the investigation. However, I was told that there is a court decision and the search must be carried out in any case," said Jafarov.
According to him, during the interrogation and search the prosecutors behaved correctly. Civil society activists proposed by Jafarov himself were involved as witnesses.
During the search, any documents, of course, were not found. After that, Jafarov introduced all the requested documents to the investigation. In particular, we are talking about the documentation projects for 2011-2013.
"I have nothing to hide from the investigation. All our activities are transparent. It was widely covered in the media. All the financial transactions were also conducted openly and funds came into the bank account and were taken in accordance with the law. All the financial documentation is in order," said Jafarov.
As a result, the human rights activist was told that there were no questions to him. However, the ban on leaving the country still remains in force as well as seizure of his bank accounts.
Jafarov addressed the court and also intends to submit a formal request to the head of the Investigation Department for Serious Crimes at the Prosecutor General's Office. He considers these prohibitions unfounded. "If I wanted to flee the country, I would have done it. Almost every week I went on business trips abroad and could refuse to return," said Jafarov. -03B06-
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