Zaur Gurbanli
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Zaur Gurbanli | |
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Zaur Qurbanlı | |
| Born | 12 January 1987 |
| Alma mater | Baku State University |
Zaur Gurbanli (Azerbaijani: Zaur Qurbanlı, born 12 January 1987) is a youth activist, co-founder and ex-board member of the Nida Civic Movement from February 2011 to December 2012. He was project coordinator and senior official for the arrested members rights in 2013. He is known for his arrest on 1 April 2013, a few days after the protests held in Baku against the non-combat deaths in the military. Gurbanli was accused of bogus charges such as criminal possession of a weapon and acquiring explosive substance and devices. Amnesty International recognized him as a prisoner of conscience.[1][2] He was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment on 6 May 2014, but was later pardoned and released on 30 December 2014 after 1 year and 9 months of imprisonment.[3]
He has got his secondary education at school number 17 in Shaki, then continued his education at Shaki Mathematics and Physics School. During these years, he took the first place several times in the history competitions. He completed school with an honors diploma.
In 2003, he was admitted to the Baku State University Law School with 665 points out of 700. He graduated from the university in 2007 and in the same year was called up for the military service.[4]
Career
From 2008, Gurbanli has worked as a lawyer in different institutions, but because of his political views he was dismissed.