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01.08.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The West that ignores democratic values and acts purely for their own interests, is a serious threat to everyone, to us, to their own citizens, and humanity as a whole.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Mutallim Oruj, who was arrested on trumped-up charges after being deported from Germany, said that Najaf Aburshu, the head of the investigation group of the Anti-Narcotics Department, and Guliyev Elman, the head of the department's chief operations, put drug in his pocket shortly before his arrest. Oruj told his lawyer...


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25.07.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The current regime, with its authoritarian rule, pushed the country back at least 60 years.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Member of the Musavat Party Aziz Mamiyev, who was sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest, was not allowed to meet his father. The union of independent lawyers Defense Line, shared a statement saying that they are extremely concerned that Mamiyev might have been tortured. His lawyer believes that the reason for Mamiyev's detention was his harsh criticism of the government’s repressive policy,...


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21.07.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The new gas deal and the agreement expected to be signed between the EU and Azerbaijan in the near future should not happen at the expanse of total disregard to the violation of human rights and freedoms and the repression of activists.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties On Wednesday, on the initiative of Tofig Yagublu, a member of the National Council Coordination Center, a protest rally was held in front of the Cabinet of Ministers with the demand to open land borders. The rally was destroyed by police violence. According...


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14.07.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “This hostile attitude is a planned and purposeful state policy aimed at veterans and will not change.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties On social networks, active Azerbaijanis criticize the government's policy regarding veterans. They write that the government does not provide sufficient allowances to the war participants and does not carry out the necessary psychological rehabilitation. After the war, about 50 suicide attempts were recorded among the veterans. Many social media users started protesting against the increasing...


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11.07.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI     “Your silence or praising such thieves played a role in the deaths of thousands of citizens.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties One of the veterans of the First Karabakh War, Colonel Lieutenant Shahmurad Mammadov died of a heart attack while protesting the injustice of the court in Sumgait. The incident took place in the building of the execution of institutional decisions in Sumgayit. As a result of the court decision, the bank directed the monthly pension of the veteran to pay off his debt, and his card was blocked....


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07.07.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “If the suicide of Karabakh veterans in this country no longer creates a public outrage and if it has become just a statistic, then we are all guilty.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Ilham Hasanov, a veteran of the Second Karabakh War, set himself on fire in front of the building of the Shamkir District Executive Authority as a sign of protest. He was hospitalized in serious condition. According to the doctors, the veteran admitted to the hospital has severe burn injuries. Hasanov was awarded the medal "for distinction...


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04.07.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Moscow can make Baku submit to its will by threatening to create internal destabilization in Azerbaijan.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Niyamaddin Ahmadov, the former bodyguard of Ali Karimli, chairperson of the Popular Front Party, who was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison, was tortured in prison. Ahmadov’s family told that he was severely beaten by the prison guards. Ahmadov was subjected to severe torture previously during the investigation. Chairperson of APFP Ali Karimli said that those who ordered...


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30.06.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The procedure for registration of political parties by the Ministry of Justice is very long, not transparent, and decisions are based on political instructions, not the law.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Azerbaijan Popular Front Party member Gulnara Rahimova was dismissed from her job at City Apartment Hotel. According to Rahimova, when the managers of the hotel found out that she was a member of APFP and posted views critical of the regime on various social networks, they started emotional abuse to intimidate her at work....


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27.06.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Local and international environmental organizations should take a stand against Russia's use of the Caspian Sea for military purposes in order to protect the ecology and biological resources of the Caspian Sea and demand compensation from Russia.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The chairman of the Muslim Union Movement, Taleh Baghirzade, is said to have stopped a hunger strike in Gobustan prison. Baghirzade had been on a hunger strike since June 3 to protest the police officers who allegedly insulted God. Meanwhile, a rally...


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20.06.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “It turned out that the government is interested in the political dividends of the liberation of some lands, and it is no longer interested in the serious social problems of the families of martyrs and veterans.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Relatives of three religious activists - Yasin Ahmadov, Vugar Aliyev and Nijat Aliyev – reported that the activists have been missing since June 18. According to family members who told Meydan TV, they appealed to law enforcement agencies on June 18, but could not get any information...


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13.06.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The government, which is interested in attracting tourists and investment to the country, would establish a normal judicial, health, and police system in the country.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The Muslim Union Movement has appealed to human rights organizations, NGOs, and theologians, as well as a number of political and public figures, regarding the hunger strike of the members of the movement in prison. The appeal says: “While this situation has reached this point, it is necessary to address you as the leading...


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09.06.2022  

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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI “The Azerbaijani government is committing all kinds of illegal acts in order to prevent the open trial of the deported migrants it has arrested under false pretenses.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The chairperson of the Citizen and Progress Party, political prisoner Ali Aliyev has started a hunger strike. Aliyev was sentenced to five months in prison on trumped-up charges. His detention was later extended for another month on another charge. As a protest against the extension of the detention period for several more months, Aliyev started a hunger strike....


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26.05.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The people of Azerbaijan must also recognize the responsibility that falls on their shoulders at this historic turning point for their future, and rise to a more mass and consistent peaceful struggle.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The National Council of Democratic Forces shared a statement on the new wave of politically motivated arrests and police violence. The statement reads: “Numerous cases of police violence and other mysterious crimes (believed by the general public to be connected to the police) have been...


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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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11.04.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “It is neither a coincidence nor a sign of good intentions that Russia grew interested in Azerbaijan.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Elshan Abbasov, a member of the Muslim Union Movement who was arrested on trumped-up charges, is held in an overcrowded prison in Kurdakhani. The prison barrack where Abbasov serves his sentence has only eight beds, but at the moment, there are 16 prisoners sharing the same barrack. Journalist Afgan Muktarli reports that Abbasov is not allowed to meet with family members. Another prisoner,...


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21.03.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The reason why Russia acts so violently is that historically speaking, Russia has never been punished for its crimes.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Telebe Guc Merkezi (The Student Power Center) shared a statement that a group of professors at Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University (ASPU) planned a provocation against the organization's board member Shams Abdulrahimli. TGM said in a statement that Shams Abdulrahimli was targeted for criticizing the internal conflicts at the Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University. According...


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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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07.03.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Hatred for freedom, justice, the rule of law,  and greed for power unites authoritarian and dictatorial regimes more than any piece of paper.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Azadliq newspaper reports that political prisoner Saleh Rustamli’s request for early release was denied. The request was considered on March 3 without the participation and knowledge of Rustamli's lawyer. Rustamli's lawyers applied to the court on December 6, 2021, while he was still on hunger strike, to be released from the remainder of his sentence...


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17.02.2022  

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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Because if he gives a seat in parliament to a reasonable person, that person would ask about the properties in London…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Azadlig newspaper’s reporter journalist Fatima Movlanli who was detained while covering a rally in front of the Presidential Administration was beaten at the police station. She wrote about the incident: "We were detained by police during a rally in front of the PA. They took our phones and asked us to delete our reports. At the 9th police station, sergeants knocked...


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