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09.05.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Russia's fifth column is in power in Azerbaijan and is in opposition in Armenia.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Journalist Ayten Mammadova was attacked in the elevator of the apartment building she lived. A man who followed her into the elevator put a knife to her throat and threatened her not to write about the trials she was covering. The most recent case that Mammadova is writing about is the case of Ilkin Suleymanov, who is accused of murdering a ten-year-old Narmin Guliyeva. Colleagues of Mammadova said that the coverage...


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05.05.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Azerbaijani government must follow the developments in Yerevan carefully and be aware that the overthrow of Pashinyan would increase the tensions in the region.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Journalist and human rights activist Elchin Mammad, currently detained in Prison number 16, has started a hunger strike. The human rights activist, who has been unjustly imprisoned for two years, demands his immediate release. According to his family, Mammad was arrested for his journalism and became a target of certain circles....


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24.03.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The Declaration of Alliance signed by Ilham Aliyev two days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine could create not only political but also serious economic problems for Azerbaijan.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Niyameddin Ahmadov, the bodyguard of the chairman of the Popular Front Party, Ali Karimli, has started a hunger strike in prison. Ahmadov was sentenced to 13 years in jail on trumped-up charges. After announcing his hunger strike, he was immediately placed in solitary confinement, known as a torture cell. Ahmadov...


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17.03.2021  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Those who were looking for the 5th column in Azerbaijan were the 5th column of Russia in our country.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Lawyer Rufat Safarov reports that seven street sweepers in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic were detained for 15 days after complaining about the work conditions. Safarov added that considering the previous cases, the sweepers are more likely to be tortured while in detention. Meydan TV reports that a trans woman Aydan Pashayeva has been in the intensive care unit of Central Hospital...


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14.03.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Russia will drag the countries in its orbit into recession.” The situation in Karabakh region: EU parliament’s new resolution, shootings, and peace negotiations The European Parliament has adopted a resolution that “strongly condemns Azerbaijan’s continued policy of erasing and denying the Armenian cultural heritage in and around Nagorno-Karabakh region”. The Committee for International and Inter-Parliamentary Relations of the Azerbaijani parliament has condemned the EU resolution, calling it “yet another biased...


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03.03.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The British government shouldn’t bother to think about the sanctions against Azerbaijan because the Azerbaijani government has already imposed tougher sanctions on its people.” The War in Ukraine. Russia’s Aggression Continues as it Commits War Crimes. In his social media address, the chairman of APFP Ali Karimli noted that  “in the current age of the internet and social media, the Ukrainian people and international community get immediately aware of any inhuman acts carried out by the Russian army against the civilian...


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21.02.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Almost every day, while more than half of the population live below the poverty line, there is news about a new corruption scandal, money laundering, and long lists of illegal properties of the oligarchs and officials.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Head of APFP Ali Karimli argued that the government is preparing for the next wave of repressions and crackdown. Karimli wrote: They are preparing to crack down on people who do not break the law and don’t have any intention to go beyond the peaceful demonstrations. I officially...


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16.12.2021  

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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “EU should stand to its values and demand the immediate release of the political prisoner #freeSalehRustamov...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties “The Azerbaijani authorities are continuing their crackdown on political opposition, and heavy-handed approach in response to peaceful protests, in violation of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly,” said Amnesty International in a statement reacting to the recent police brutality during the rallies in Baku. Several people, including opposition leader Tofig Yagublu...


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09.12.2021  

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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The ruling family and their close circle have unofficially become the richest people in the world, and the rest of the people do not turn on the air conditioner in summer or the heater in winter so that they could save money for food...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Political Prisoner Saleh Rustamli's condition has deteriorated sharply as he has reached 34th of hunger strike. Family members reported that Rustamli (58) was taken under special care at the Medical Center within the prison. Head of PFP Ali Karimli said that meanwhile,...


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Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 22.11.2021 “In a country where human destinies are destroyed, there is no need for a teacher to be honored.” Post War Situation. Problems of veterans and families of the martyrs. Azadlig newspaper reports that war veteran Ulvi Isgandarov who was only 24, committed suicide. Isgandarov was struggling with the psychological traumas of the war and financial difficulties, according to his close ones. Like many war veterans, Isgandarov was denied to receive any state support. According to his former teacher, Isgandarov...


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Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 15.11.2021 “In a country where people like Siyavush, Elmar Nasirov, Fikrat Mammadov, Kamaladdin Heydarov rule, people like Chingiz Abdullayev and Anar will be considered intellectuals.” Post War Situation. Problems of veterans and families of the martyrs. Azadlig Newspaper shared the story of Senior Lieutenant Damirov Yusif Elshad oghlu, a resident of the Sabirabad region, who was seriously wounded during the Second Karabakh War. As a result of his injuries, Damirov’s one finger was amputated, he suffered a severe...


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Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 29.10.2021 “It is necessary to condemn politicians, not for their grammatical mistakes, but for the millions they stole from the state budget.” Governance, economy, corruption. Political activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev asked the FB community to pay attention to systematic corruption. His FB post reads: 100 ways to become a hero by returning part of the people's money to themselves. 16th way: You restore a yard with sports equipment and a playground for the children for the people whose money you have stolen, and they...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 21.10.2021 “We want to live in a free, just society, not  in a society where the people are seen as subjects, slaves, and a few are masters, but a society in which everyone is equal before the law, the rights and welfare of citizens are guaranteed, and we have no choice but to achieve this.” Governance, economy, corruption. Ali Karimli of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party reminded the FB community of the rally that was violently cracked by the police two years ago when Karimli himself was also subjected...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 14.10.2021 “I want to drown because I breathe in a country where people try to vindicate the rapist instead of standing with the girl who was raped at the age of 16. ” Governance, economy, corruption. FB community reacts to president Aliyev’s interview with Italian La Repubblica. In an interview to the Italian newspaper, Ilham Aliyev said in response to the question about the "Pandora Papers" that he had been president for eighteen years, and before that, he was a successful businessman. Responding...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 11.10.2021 “Thirteen-year imprisonment neither can frighten me nor can it turn me away from my way.” Governance, economy, corruption. New appointees to the executives of city councils raise the question of their accountability and transparency in management. FB community debates whether the current state- the head of executive power in the cities is appointed by the president- can explain the root causes of the problems in the cities such as Baku. As a result of current law, the unchecked power is concentrated...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 07.10.2021 "She has been waiting for a year to kiss his "iron fist" What is Patriotism? Journalist in exile Sevinc Osmangizi shared a video in which a middle-aged woman is passionately telling president Aliyev that she has been dreaming of kissing his “iron fist” as a gesture to offer her endless gratitude and respect to the president for his victory in the war. The video ends with Aliyev refusing her to kiss his hands but instead hugging her. The footage caused mixed feelings among social media users,...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 04.10.2021 “We knew this, everyone knows that he is a thief!” Governance, economy, corruption. In Azerbaijan, the week started with debates surrounding the documentary, that exposed large-scale corruption  involving ruling Aliyev family. “Pandora Papers: Secret wealth and dealings of world leaders exposed” was aired on BBC on Sunday evening revealing the expensive property bought by the Aliyevs in London. Azadliq Radiosu (Radio Liberty) reports that BBC television has broadcast the first part of a documentary...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 30.09.2021 “…Russia expands her zone of occupation in Karabagh...” Post-conflict situation. The FB community is increasingly concerned about news of Russian peacekeepers taking under its control greater territories in Karabagh, the most recent being Gapanli village of Terter region. Previously, as reports Ali Karimli of PFP, Russia‘s peacekeepers have taken under their control strategic heights in Lachin corridor, Shusha and Agdam  and now are extending their control in Kelbajar region. Their new monitoring...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 27.09.2021 “…Remember those Afghans who hanged on the wheel of the US plane? Niyamaddins. Elzamins, Agils, all are in prison because they do not want you to do the same!...” Post-conflict situation. FB community, political and civil society leaders, citizens commemorate 44 day war and its martyrs. They honour national army and those who died or left handicapped  as a result of the war. While many praise  the victory, which brought back refugees to their homeland, restored self - confidence of the nation,...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 23.09.2021 “….The petro-dollars were spent for buying off corrupt and unprincipled people in Europe, renovation of the historical sites and parks there and Lukashenka’s regime…” Post-conflict situation. The e-media discusses the planned meeting of Erdogan with Putin, the Iran’s military exersises on the state borders, and “peacekeepers’ occupying activities”  in Karabagh. The Osmangizi TV’s experts  report that Ilham Aliyev was the first to congratulate Putin with elections, and express...


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