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 11.06.2020 The central topics these days were police violence in Yasamal district last weekend, continued attempts to deepen frictions within opposition with the help of leaked videos, human rights violations and persecution of activists, the roof protest action of Giyas Ibrahimov ( Giya Sol) , the new government decree about criminal liability for violation of the quarantine rules,  new cases of domestic violence in Kurdamir region. The activists and journalists continue to discuss the police violence...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 08.06.2020 The most discussed topic these days is police brutality in enforcement strict quarantine rules and the protest of the dwellers of the complex during last weekend, shortage of bread, frictions within the opposition camp, persecution of the activists and their conditions in prison, the situation with pandemic in Azerbaijan and the government policy, the first democratic elections in 1992, short-lived Elchibey government and the reasons of its defeat. The FB pages were full of the video showing police...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 18.05.2020  The FB users continue to share and discuss the video of the closed meeting of the National Council, an interview of the co-rapporteur of the PACE on Azerbaijan Stephan Schennach to the Voice of America, the relations within the opposition camp, persecution of the activists, reaction to it by the REAL’s  chair, arrests and corruption scandals of the bureaucrats, the state aid for unemployed, Pashinian’s anti-Rasulzade speech in Armenia and “elections” in Karabagh, the horrifying story...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 05.03.2020 The FB users continue to share and comment on  Turkey, Russia, NATOrelations in Syria, post-election situation, human rights, political prisoners, coronavirus, critically react to the statement of the economist Vusal Gasimli, discuss the speech of Aliyev in Tovuz region, comment on confirmation of the results of falsified elections by the Constitutional court, analyze situation with the national banks, share and comment the award by the US government to the lawyer Shahla Humbatova. Reacting...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 02.03.2020 The FB users actively share and comment on Turkey, Russia, NATO relations in Syria, post-election situation, repressions of activists, journalists and opposition politicians, proposal of the government of the dialogue with opposition, continue discussion over friction and arguments among opposition. Yadigar Sadykhli puts the current Russia Turkey relations in the historical context and shows that from this point of view their  rapprochement was rather unnatural. The reason behind it is the worsening...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 25.01.2020 The issue of the tortures of  activists and cruelty of police, brutal dispersal of the rally by women in defence of Alizamin Salayev, women's rights, election campaign, social economic issues dominated FB space these days. Journalist Seymur Hezi warns in regards the situation around the activist Alizamin Salayev and the police capitain Hamza. “ We still want to believe that not everything has been destroyed in Azerbaijan. The minister of interior Vilayet Eyvazov should eliminate this shame...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 23.01.2020 The dominating topic of social network was commemoration of the 30 anniversary of the  “ Black January”- the entrance of the Soviet troops on the 20th January 1990, the arrest and torture of the activist Alizamin Salayev,  election campaign, social economic issues in the country, state of human rights and freedoms. Isa Gambar of Musavat party posted on his timeline: “ 30 years ago on the night of 20th January the bolshevik empire and its agents in the republic has committed unforgivable...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 19.01.2020 FB users share and comment on the statement of the president Aliyev about existing in the country “fair distribution of the oil resources”, discuss conditions and personal experience in the election campaign, including the “virtual carousel”,  two-language booklet of Yadigar Sadyghli, role of Russia in the region and the world, destruction of the houses on Sovetsky street with the dwellers in them,  the course of investigation of the crime against underage girl. Running as a candidate...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 29.12.2019 The most popular topics continue to be the results of local elections, preparation to the upcoming parliamentary elections, the detention and beating up of the local election candidate and popular blogger Mehman Huseynov, publication of the list of parliamentary election candidates by the ruling party YAP. The FB users widely and with great concern share news about disappearance of the blogger Mehman Huseynov, who ran for the local elections, and then by news that he was severely beaten up by policemen....


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                       16.10.2019   FB users continue to discuss the results of the recent elections of the chair of Musavat party. One of the candidates Tofig Yagublu, who came second, but was not elected to the representative organ of the party- Divan, commented that “while the party members did not elect me to Divan, this will not stop me from the party activities and now the most important issue is to prepare to participate in the 19 October public meeting”. (Tofig...


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  Center for National and International Studies     FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                         10.10.2019 FB users continue to discuss the results of the recent elections of the chair of Musavat party. One of the candidates Tofig Yagublu, who came second, but was not elected to the representative organ of the party-...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                                                      15.10.2019   The FB users continue to discuss the elections in opposition party Musavat on the 13th October. The winner was the current chair Arif Hajili with 262 votes, then Tofiq Yagublu with 51 votes and Yadigar Sadyghli with 20. The opposition...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                        07.10.2019   The social network users widely discuss the worsened health condition of the opposition PFPA activist Fuad Ahmedli, who has been sentenced in June 2017 for 4 years in prison. His father Zafar Ahmadov appealed to the democrats-...


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