Isakhan Ashurov
Isakhan Ashurov | |
|---|---|
İsaxan Aşurov | |
 Isakhan Ashurov in January 2009 | |
| Born | August 1, 1955 |
| Died | June 22, 2012 (aged 56) |
| Citizenship | Azerbaijan |
| Education | Baku State University |
| Occupations | lawyer, human rights defender |
| Years active | 1996–2012 |
Isakhan Gara oglu Ashurov (Azerbaijani: İsaxan Qara oğlu Aşurov; August 1, 1955, Bolnisi Municipality, Georgian SSR — June 22, 2012, United States) was an Azerbaijani lawyer. From 1996 onward, he practiced law and defended the rights of many political prisoners and “prisoners of conscience”.[1]
Biography
Isakhan Gara oglu Ashurov was born on August 1, 1955, in the village of Talaveri in the Bolnisi district of Georgia.[2]
In 1972, he graduated from secondary school in Talaveri and the same year entered the law faculty of Azerbaijan State University named after S. Kirov, graduating in 1977.[2]
From 1977 to 1981, he worked as an investigator in the Qazax police department; from 1981 to 1984, as an investigator in the Tovuz district police department; and from 1984 to 1989, as an investigator in the investigative brigade of the Main Investigation Group of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs.[2]
From 1989 to 1991, he served as head of the investigative department of the Tovuz district police department; from 1991 to 1992, as chief investigator of the Goychay district police department; and from 1992 to 1993, as head of the Qazax district police department.[2]
Since 1996, he worked as a lawyer and was a member of the Azerbaijan Bar Association.[2]
Ashurov defended the rights of opposition activists arrested during the events of October 15–16 following the 2003 presidential elections[3], as well as a number of political prisoners, including journalist Eynulla Fatullayev (arrested in 2007)[4], writer Rafiq Tağı (arrested in 2007)[5], blogger Adnan Hajizade (arrested in 2010)[6], and former minister of economic development Farhad Aliyev (arrested in 2005).[7]
He was a member of the Mejlis of the Musavat Party[8] and headed its Law and Justice Committee.[9] He was also the chairman of the League of Independent Lawyers.[10] On October 7, 2003, on the eve of the presidential elections, while traveling to Masallı for a meeting between Isa Gambar (leader of the Musavat Party) and voters, he was forcibly pulled out of his car by police near Biləsuvar and severely beaten.[11]
He died in the United States on June 22, 2012, after a prolonged illness.[2] He was buried on June 28 in his native village of Talaveri.[12]
He was married and had four children.[2]
Memory
On June 23, 2012, the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) established the “Isakhan Ashurov Prize,” awarded to fighters for human rights and democracy.[13] In 2013, the prize was awarded to Hilal Mammadov, the imprisoned editor-in-chief of the newspaper Tolishi Sado (“Talysh Voice”)[14], and in 2014 to Yadigar Sadigov, the imprisoned adviser to the chairman of the Musavat Party.[15]
References
- ↑ "В Азербайджане арестованный главред "Толыши садо" удостоен награды имени адвоката Исахана Ашурова". Кавказский узел (in Russian). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Tanınmış vəкil İsaxan Aşurov vəfat edib - YENİLƏNİB". Azerbaijani Press Agency (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-10. Archived from the original on 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ "В Баку проходит очередное судебное заседание, посвященное событиям 15-16 октября 2003 года". Кавказский узел (in Russian). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "EYNULLA FƏTULLAYEV MƏHKƏMƏDƏ SENSASİON AÇIQLAMALAR VERDİ". "Yeni Müsavat" qəzeti (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Dindarlar Rafiq Tağının vəкilini təhdid ediblər". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "VƏKİL İSAXAN AŞUROV HƏBSDƏ OLAN BLOQÇULARLA GÖRÜŞÜB". Институт Свободы и Безопасности Репортеров (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Экс-министр экономики Азербайджана требует закрыть уголовное дело против него". Кавказский узел (in Russian). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Tanınmış vəкil İsaxan Aşurov vəfat edib". Modern.az xəbər portalı (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "«Bizim Azərbaycan Bloкu»nun təsisçilərinin s i y a h ı s ı". Официальный сайт Исы Гамбар (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-10. Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ "В Бакинском пресс-клубе прошли тренинг-курсы "СМИ и суды", организованные Лигой независимых юристов". Кавказский узел (in Russian). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "В Билясуваре жестоко избиты журналист Гаджи Замин и правозащитник Исахан Ашуров". Кавказский узел (in Russian). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "İSAXAN AŞUROV TORPAĞA TAPŞIRILIB (YENİLƏNİB + FOTOLAR)". "Yeni Müsavat" qəzeti (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Azərbaycanda İsaxan Aşurov müкafatı təsis edildi". Qafqazinfo.az xəbər portalı (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-10. Archived from the original on 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ "В Азербайджане арестованный главред "Толыши садо" удостоен награды имени адвоката Исахана Ашурова". Кавказский узел (in Russian). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "В Азербайджане арестованный советник главы партии "Мусават" удостоен награды имени адвоката Исахана Ашурова". Кавказский узел (in Russian). 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
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