Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 09.07.2020 The FB was dominated by discussions of ineffectiveness of the state coronavirus policies, president Aliyev’s meetings and speeches, bureaucratic corruption - both at the low and high levels, crisis in economy, people’s growing dissatisfaction, the fire at the Sobsan factory, reaction of the president to the scandal in the Fairmont Hotel, the president’s Aliyev online conversation with UN Secretary General Gutierrez. The situation with coronavirus and the state policies are actively discussed....


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 29.06.2020 The issues of coronavirus, government  capacity to handle the pandemic, corruption of officials, persecution of activists – the arrest of Javid Mammadzade for the mask with the photo of M. E. Rasulzade, the attempt of PR for police with the fake choir -hired music academy students, the speech by Ilham Aliyev, the Day of National Army, the flight prices of AZAL, the restrictions on buying currency by citizens – have been topics most widely discussed and shared. The activists, journalists,...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 21.05.2020 The most popular topics these days were charges of terrorism submitted to the bodyguard of PFP leader, repressions of activists, Karabagh, situation in Armenia and upcoming inauguration of the Karabagh “president” in Shusha, video recording and leaking of the internal meeting of the National Council, the reaction of the government to pandemic and the state aid issue, press-conference of the Baku Mayor Eldar Azizov, firing of the deputy minister of interior, social problems in the country, interview...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 14.05.2020 The FB users have been reacting to the video of the internal meeting of the National Council, the continued arrests of the bureaucrats, disclosure of the illegal income of the heads of executive power, official speeches of the president related to the corruption. The dominating topic these days was the video of the recent internal zoom meeting of the board of the National Council in two parts, having an effect of a big scandal. First clip had comments of homophobic nature from one of the participants...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 30.04.2020 The topics widely discussed and shared these days were FB users share the article about slavery in Baku enterprises. The story is related to the Bosnian workers, which also includes a video with the description of his experience  as a  worker there. Khadija Ismayil comments on the investigative material that investigation started in 2010 when the group of journalists visited Baku and tried to find Bosnian workers. Alovsta Aliyev the leader of the NGO Azerbaijan Migration Center helped with the contacts...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 06.04.2020 The FB users continues to discuss the government reaction to the pandemics, the social situation during the isolation and government package of aid to the population and business, repressions, the mechanism of SMS permissions, the quarantine fines, the amnesty of the prisoners, among which is the infamous criminal Akif Chovdarov, arrest of the opposition activists and statement of the National Council against repressions. Gubad Ibadoglu focuses on social consequences of the quarantine. He stresses...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                                                                                11.11.2019 The most discussed topics on FB were: the state of health and the case of the human rights defender Ogtay Gulaliyev, repressions against opposition activists in connection with unsanctioned...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                         19.10.2019   The top topic today, which dominates FB is the planned unsanctioned meeting of today at 15.00 at the  28th May metro station. Even before the meeting, since yesterday, media  and bloggers report numerous detentions and arrests of the activists, political leaders, journalists. Among arrested are the newly released political prisoners, such as Tofig Yagublu, Fuad Qahramanli, Seymur Hezi, both parents of the “ graffiti prisoner”...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                            05.10.2019   The users continue to discuss the situation around SOCAR in the context of the clashes with the war veterans, and  citation of the talk show presenter Murad that oil does not belong to people, but to the state. They share the statements by Altay Geyushev, historian and opposition activist, that “oil of course belongs to the son of SOCAR’s president who has a watch...


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