Home » Search results for 'persecution of activists'

Moldovan National Platform calls for respect of democratic institutions and fundamental human rights in Ukraine  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Февраль 19, 2014  |  No comment



Call on respect of democratic institutions and fundamental human rights in Ukraine Civil Society of Moldova reaffirms its full support for the people of Ukraine aspirations for the European democracy. We admire the courage of the people of Ukraine and its peaceful struggle for national sovereignty. We express deep condolences for the loss of human lives. We ascertain the direct responsibility of the current President and interim Government of Ukraine for: 1) undermining democratic institutions by: censoring and closing TV stations, encouraging attacks on journalists, installing political...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 16th Session of the UPR Working Group  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Октябрь 31, 2012  |  No comment



Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 16th Session of the UPR Working Group REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN Submitted 9 October 2012   Joint Submission by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC   and Center for National and International Studies (CNIS)          CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation          Mr Mandeep Tiwana, Email mandeep.tiwana@civivus.org Ms Renate Bloem, Email renate.bloem@gmail.com Tel +27 11 8335959, Web www.civicus.org   Center for National and International...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Сентябрь 25, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 24.09.2020 A big war or a charade …?    Facebook these days is dominated by the discussion of the chances of a full-scale war, the political factors behind the recent resumption of hostilities, and   conditions necessary for the successful defence of state borders. The decision to relocate the NK “parliament” building in the historical Azerbaijani city Shusha is viewed as direct provocation of war. The FB community shares  information from e-media about corruption in the arms deals with Israel...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Июль 14, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 13.07.2020 The FB community shared most the news about violation of ceasefire in Tovuz region, and social aspects of the war, the statement by Turkish government on the violation of ceasefire on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border the situation with pandemic in the country, corruption of the officials, ingroup fighting in opposition camp, persecution of activists and state of human rights. The resumption of fighting on the state borders ( not in Karabagh) in the region of Tovuz is widely shared and commented by the FB community....


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Июль 3, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 02.07.2020 FB users analyze the reasons of failure of state pandemic policies, discuss the future of the country, the aid to the regions with renewed quarantine, the economic decline, SOCAR’s declining income dynamic, shortage of water in Neftchala, situation with political prisoners, the consequences of the Constitutional amendments in Putin’s Russia. Persecution of activists, pressure on the youth leaders, situation with political prisoners is again on top of agenda of FB users. The most recent event...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Июнь 30, 2020  |  No comment



  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,...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Июнь 26, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 25.06.2020 FB users commemorated birthday of the first democratically elected president of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Elchibey, discussed the course of pandemic, social-economic crisis, corruption and nepotism of the official elite, persecution of activists, Putin’s Constitutional changes. The activists, journalists, bloggers, politicians commemorate the birthday of Elchibey -the first democratically elected president of post-Soviet Azerbaijan. The political and civic leaders posted the tribute to the president,...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Июнь 23, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 22.06.2020 The most popular topics these days were the situation with pandemic in the country and incapacity of the health system to cope with it, incident on Russia-Azerbaijan border, corruption, persecution of activists, including detention ( and by now release)  of Bakhtiyar Hadjiyev  and extension of detention for Tofig Yagublu, intra-elite struggle – the wave of criticism against Ramiz Mehdiyev, women’s rights. The Fb users comment on incapacity of the system to cope with the challenges...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Июнь 16, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 15.06.2020  The FB users continue to discuss the events of last weekend in Yasamal, the surge of infected and problems in health system in connection with it, the pressure on activists, the corruption of bureaucrats, relations within the opposition camp, the official “Day of Revival”, the Karabagh issue. The police violence during the weekend 5-8 June remains one of the hottest topics on FB. Altay Geyushov  comments on the Yasamal events, that it revealed that the tactic- “ I do not see anything,...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Июнь 12, 2020  |  No comment



  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...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Май 29, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 28.05.2020 The FB users celebrate 28 May – the Day of Independence of Azerbaijan Republic ( 102 anniversary of creation of the Azerbaijan People’s Republic in 1918)  by posting, sharing and commenting on the history, and comparing it to  current state of affairs in the country. They also condemn the continued persecution of activists, especially the recent attacks on the activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, discuss the scandal with multimillion property of the Foreign Minister’s son in NY and reaction to that...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

Increased support needed for civil society in Azerbaijan after Eurovision contest  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Июнь 7, 2012  |  No comment



Johannesburg. 4 June 2012: Global civil society network CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and Azerbaijan CSO the Center for National and International Studies (CNIS) are deeply concerned about the safety of Azeri civil society activists who raised awareness of human rights violations during the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, held last month in Baku, Azerbaijan. Civil society in Azerbaijan was highly vocal ahead of the contest, demanding the release of political prisoners and the removal of restrictions on freedoms of speech and assembly under the banner of the Sing for Democracy...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Март 5, 2021  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 04.03.2021 FB users, while pursuing the evolving situation in Armenia, take note of some potentially positive developments in Turkey and the consolidation of constructive relations with Pakistan.  The murder of revered journalist Elmar Huseynov is commemorated, whose tragic death served to highlight community values, and emphasis is given to the government’s failure to prosecute his killers.  A major theme is the bureaucratic obstacles being raised to the smooth reintegration of returning IDPS, and friction...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Декабрь 15, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 14.12.2020 “… Iran’s main concern is not history, but the cooperation of Azerbaijan with Turkey and Israel …” The FB community is seriously concerned and decries the provocation around Shusha of Armenian forces and the spread of the Russian map of Karabagh with its altered borders;  discusses the visit of the co-chairmen of the Minsk Group to Baku and the statement of president Aliyev that he did not invite them; commemorates and shares stories of the young people who died in the war; continues...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Сентябрь 11, 2020  |  No comment



  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,...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Сентябрь 8, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 07.09.2020 The top issue discussed by FB community is the sentence of 4 years 3 months to the activist of Musavat party and National Council of Democratic Forces Tofig Yagublu, the 6th day of his hunger strike in prison  and the e-campaign of solidarity and demand of his immediate release. The FB community widely shared the international reaction to his  sentence - statements of the Western government and international organizations in his defence. The registration of REAL party, congratulations on this...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Сентябрь 1, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 31.08.2020  FB community discusses the scandal with the falsified data on Azerbaijan, along with some other countries, used in Doing Business report of the WB,  continues to discuss events in Belarus, shares the statement by PFP about illegal detentions of its members , decries the continued attraction of the fake witnesses to the court hearing of Tofig Yagublu, FB community closely follows events in Belarus, solidarizing with the protesters. They share an information that former head of state Shushkevich...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Август 24, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 24.08.2020 FB community commemorates 20th anniversary since the death of the first president of Azerbaijan Elchibey,  analysing his role in nation’s history, contribution to the state, nation and democracy building of Azerbaijan, covering both strong and weak points of his rule, but stressing his unique democratic personality, pure and modest leadership style and his influence on society. They also commemorate 40th day of military killed during the last resumption of hostilities in Tovuz region....


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Август 14, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 03.08.2020 Azerbaijani FB space has been dominated by the post-election protests  in Belarus, support and appraisal of the people’s consistent struggle defending their votes,  stress on the role of young people in these protests and perception it as a beginning of the next wave of collapse of dictatorships which will reach Azerbaijan. They continue to discuss the tortures and mistreatment of the detained after 14-15 th July rally, sharing the National Council’s statement urging more decisive international...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

 

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  Июль 31, 2020  |  No comment



  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 30.07.2020 The following topics are dominating these days: repressions against PFP and 2 more members detained, Karabagh, unfair trials of opposition activists, the tortures given to them, 13-14 July resumption of hostilities at the state border  and related events, daily issues with human rights and democracy, the statement in defence of the political prisoners by the young writers and people of arts, the statement of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, of the National Strategic Think Tank, publication...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

  • Blog Statistics

    Total Visitors: 122099
    Currently Online: 11