Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 16.11.2020 “… They leave us only the ashes of Kelbajar …” The trilateral ceasefire statement of Ilham Aliyev, Vladimir Putin and Nikol Pashinian on Karabagh and the course of its implementation is the main topic on FB. The activists, journalists, and bloggers continue to express their growing concern and protest against the arrival of the Russian peacekeepers  and the immediate establishment of branches of Russian state institutions in Nagorno Karabagh, follow and comment on the course of the departure...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 21.09.2020 The central topic of the FB news was release of the opposition activist and leader Tofig Yagublu with activists, politicians, bloggers, journalists sharing and celebrating the news.  The FB community shared videos with Yagublu visiting the grave of his young daughter upon his release, entering his home, meeting his family, friends and giving interviews. The National Council and other public personalities issued statements that Tofig Yagublu should be fully acquitted, while all the remaining almost...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 14.09.2020 FB community has been reacting to the news about worsening health of the opposition activist Tofig Yagublu on 12 day hunger strike in prison by the  intensified campaign demanding his release, met with concern his transfer to the City Hospital and news that he was in coma condition. FB community expressed indignation to the posting on FB of REAL leader Ilgar Mammadov of the quote from Washington Times that “ the opposition cooperated with Ramiz Mehdiyev” and shared the statement...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 10.09.2020 The FB community continues campaign demanding release of Tofig Yagublu, political activist, who has been on the 9th day of hunger strike and whose health has  increasingly worsened. It shares the coverage of the protest action by the young activists, dominated by women, and the detention of 38 participants.The FB community is increasingly involved in various forms of e-campaign in defence of Yagublu and shares the reaction of the international organizations, such as Norwegian Human Rights House,...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 20.08.2020 FB community continue to follow, share, show solidarity and comment on the events in Belarus, analysing domestic tactics of protesters, reaction of the Western actors, first of all the EU, announcement Lukashenka “persona non-grata”: comparing and extrapolating them to Azerbaijan, and discuss whether Russia will help Lukashenka. They greet release upon 4 years term completion of Fuad Ahmadli of PFP, among others, but decry arrest of the other activists. They also condemn poisoning of Alexei...


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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 14.12.2019 More than 200 comments caused the posting about prominent lawyer Aslan Ismaylov’s interpretation of the case with the human rights defender Ogtay Gulaliyev, which defended the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and blamed those who criticised it.  The numerous postings were shaming the lawyer, revealing deep disappointment, were full of irony  and ideas that “he could never be trusted” and “he was bought off”. FB users widely comment on developments ion Karabagh issue and adoption by the US Congress...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 11.12.2019 The nature of ongoing changes and opposition’s participation in elections continue to be discussed. The FB users shared the posting by the Russian citizen of Azerbaijani origin  Farkhad Akhmedov, who analyses in details the current political state of affairs in Azerbaijan, stresses necessity of reforms, criticizes traditional opposition and calls (after the president Aliyev)  for the creation of a new, constructive opposition. The activist and opposition figure Hikmet Hacizade writes with some...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                                                                                22.11.2019 FB users continue to share information about state of health of the human rights defender Oktay Gulaliyev, who was hit by a car and while in coma has been treated in Turkey. They share the appeal...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                                                                                08.11.2019 Today the social network users actively continued to share the information about the state of health of the political prisoner and handicapped war veteran Asif Yusifli’s  daughter, who was in diabetic...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                                                                                06.11.2019 The FB users shared and discussed the following topics: the state of health of the human rights defender Oktay Gulaliyev, the round table of opposition arranged by Musavat, reforms in the structure...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                                                                                02.11.2019 The most shared topics these days were: hitting by car of the prominent human rights activist Ogtay Gulaliyev, the exhibition and literary contest devoted to former chair of Supreme Soviet...


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