Director of ANAS Human Rights Institute Rovshan Mustafayev dies

Director of Human Rights Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Rovshan Mustafayev died, Deputy Director of the Institute Araz Gurbanov told APA.
Rovshan Mustafayev died last night in the Turkey’s Memorial Hospital after the siege of illness. His body will be brought to Azerbaijan on Friday.
Rovshan Faig Mustafayev was born in Baku in 1960. He was the first Doctor of Political Sciences in Azerbaijan. Early in 1990s, Mustafayev established first independent analytical center in Azerbaijan – the Institute of State-Building and Political Relations and founded “Dirchelish XXI esr” (“Renaissance XXI century”) magazine. He was founder of the Azerbaijan Human Rights Institute and expert in the field of political security. He was researching the regional conflicts, election practice, ethno-cultural policy issues and wrote more than 70 scientific articles and books. He represented Azerbaijan in many international conferences.