Member organisations of the International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan (IPGA) are deeply concerned by the continued politically motivated imprisonment of persons in Azerbaijan for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The IPGA calls on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to take immediate action to ensure the release of these persons and to hold Azerbaijan accountable for its obligations as a Member State.
Although Azerbaijan is bound by the European Convention on Human Rights and international law to respect and protect the right to freedom of expression,...
On the 10th of February two CSF Steering Committee members Jeff Lovitt and Leila Alieva participated in the Euronest Standing Committee on Political Affairs, Human Rights and Democracy that meets twice a year, consisting of European Parliament delegation and the Eastern European Partners' (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) delegations.
The speakers from European External Action Service (Gunnar Wiegand) and the European Commission (Michael Koehler) talked about the prospect of the Eastern Partnership until the 2015 Summit in Riga and the European Neighborhood Instrument for 2014-2020.
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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...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
22.02.2021
“…To take revenge on the relatives of your political rival is simply fascism, a moral terror, a crime…”
Current FB posts continue to highlight a profound sense of dissatisfaction with the lack of vision, transparency and due justice in the arena of political affairs. Condemnation of the conduct of specific leaders and oligarchs is underpinned by frustration at the deterioration of social care in administering staples, namely power and bread, at affordable prices. The suicide of a young...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
18.02.2021
“…In order to build a “smart village”, one needs to have a smart government…”
The FB community demonstrates an increasing sense of deep frustration and disempowerment with the unfolding of political agendas that are perceived as a distinct threat to the constructive development of a thriving post-war society. A sense of betrayal is heightened at times with humour, but the issues are ever more clearly elicited with Putin’s Russia consolidating its outreach and internal oligarchs...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
15.02.2021
The long-serving MP: “Do not get me involved in politics…”
FB posts continue to reflect the anxieties of the community and to highlight inconsistencies and irregularities on the part of the authorities. Postwar and pandemic vulnerability is severely challenged by actions and inactions deemed unjust, inappropriate or at odds with the defining nature of parliamentary work. Compassion is seen to override corruption, with citizens themselves finding ways to take care of those at the mercy...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
08.02.2021
“...When the government in the country is fake and a liar, ordinary people also imitate living...”
The FB community is concerned with the situation in Karabagh and plans of Russia there, welcomes Biden’s strict policies toward Russia and talks with Turkey, discredits the corruption and enrichment of the oligarchs-ministers at the expense of the population, discusses the resignation of Angela Merkel, the expulsion from the Turkish Lyceum in Baku of the artist Peri Miniature, feminism, and celebrates...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
21.01.2021
“… The 20th of January is not over for Azerbaijan …”
The FB community discusses the developments in Karabagh and activities of the Russian peacekeepers, the speech by Russia foreign minister Lavrov, the fate of Russia’s opposition leader Navalny and of democracy in the region, the situation with COVID-19 in the country; commemorates 20th January 1990 with the entrance of Soviet tanks into Baku, comments on the economy, corruption and poverty, and debates future policies of the newly-elected...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
18.01.2021
“… Money has decreased, but corruption has not! ...”
The FB community worries about the lands remaining out of state control, discusses Russia’s policy and interests, Turkey’s statement about Russia’s authority in Lachin, bureaucratic corruption, shares the opposition parties’ response to Aliyev’s accusations against the PFA government in “surrendering Shusha”, and follows the return from Germany and arrest of opposition leader Alexei Navalny by the Russian authorities.
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
14.01.2021
“…The Russian tsar Putin received Aliyev and Pashinian as the chair of Kolkhoz…while saw them out as the supermarket manager ….”
The most shared and discussed topics on FB are: the results of the trilateral meeting held in Moscow on January 11th, the activities of the Russian peacekeepers, the renewed repression against the Popular Front Party and its leader and the opening of a criminal case, the sentence served on Luca Volonte of the Council of Europe for taking a bribe, the corruption...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
11.01.2021
“…The president should apologize for using ‘street expressions’…”
The FB community discusses the trilateral meeting in Moscow, the Russian peacekeepers, the problems of the families of the war heroes, the return of the IDPs to the liberated territories, the restoration of the regions, the damage under occupation, the targeting of the opposition, the disrespectful language to economists and the distortion of the history of the Karabagh...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
07.01.2021
“ … Russia changes the map of Azerbaijan every day …”
The FB community monitors and decries the activities of the Russian peacekeepers; problems in meeting the needs of the families of the war heroes; comments on the election of Biden and political turmoil in the US; questions the decision of President Aliyev to build an airport in Fizuli instead of Khojali, the increase of the price of gasoline, the opening of the criminal case by Russia on the shooting down of their helicopter and discusses the upcoming...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
04.01.2021
“… The goal of Russia is to create an anti-NATO, anti-West barrier in Azerbaijan …”
The New Year started for the FB community with continuation of the commemoration of the war heroes and martyrs, in particular, of the birthday of General Polad Hashimov, killed in July 2020; growing indignation with the behaviour of the Russian “peacekeepers”, suspecting that it is creating the source of another war; recalling the unique fact of President Elchibey’s making Russia’s troops withdraw...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
10.12.2020
The FB community circulates individual stories of soldiers who died in the military operations dedicated to the liberation of occupied lands, discuss the awards given to them by the president, and the social welfare and compensation provided to their families. They decry the videos with scenes of mistreatment of the POWs by military and demand the prosecutor’s office to investigate and try those responsible. The FB community is also anxious regarding the rate of COVID-19 infection and the shortage...
Center for National and International Studies FB Digest@VoxPOPULI07.12.2020“... Without Turkey it is not possible to deter Russia in the region ...”The FB community mourn the officially announced number of those killed in the war - 2, 786 - and honour the war heroes by a national minute of silence. They continue to discuss the results of the 44-day war and implementation of the ceasefire agreement, share personal stories of the killed or injured, report on visiting their families, express dissatisfaction with the amount of state compensation for families of martyrs and handicapped,...
Center for National and International Studies FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 07.12.2020“... Without Turkey it is not possible to deter Russia in the region ...”The FB community mourn the officially announced number of those killed in the war - 2, 786 - and honour the war heroes by a national minute of silence. They continue to discuss the results of the 44-day war and implementation of the ceasefire agreement, share personal stories of the killed or injured, report on visiting their families, express dissatisfaction with the amount of state compensation for families of martyrs and handicapped,...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
30.11.2020
“… One cannot trust Russia …”
The FB community continues to discuss the Russian peacekeepers and the implementation of the provisions of the trilateral ceasefire agreement, denounce non-withdrawal of Armenian forces from Karabagh, express concern over the disputed demarcation of the golden deposit of Zod, and Armenian resistance towards evacuating from the Lachin region in violation of the agreement, the resolution of the French senate on the recognition of Upper Karabagh/Artsakh, decry...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
23.11.2020
“… Russia behaves like an aggressor and Baku keeps silence ...”
The FB community continues to comment and to decry the arrival of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia’s speedy violation of the trilateral agreement, also their signing of a separate agreement with Armenia; greets the evacuation of the Agdam region, is concerned about unrest in the Lenkoran region, caused by the bureaucrats’ attempt to avoid compensating the war victim’s family, ...
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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI
19.11.2020
“…The war is over, the conflict goes on, Russia is in the region…”
The most popular FB news concerns the controversial arrival of the Russian peacekeepers, worries caused by uncertainty of Turkish participation in the peacekeeping operation, the delay in liberation of the remaining territories, the release of the 21 political prisoners to house arrest, the destruction of the villages and towns by the departing Armenian settlers, the debate on the ownership of the Christian monasteries...
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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...