FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Including myself, there is not a single MP in the Milli Majlis that was elected by the people as there are no democratic and fair elections in Azerbaijan…”                                          (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev’s brother Vugar Hajiyev met him in prison, where Hajiyev has been on hunger strike for more than 20 days in protest against his illegal arrest. After seeing how bad his condition was, Vugar Hajiyev said that he was worried about his brother. “I met Bakhtiyar...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 03.05.2021 “…Amendment 907 is a “memorial of hypocrisy in international relations…” The FB community discusses Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s visit to Yerevan and Baku, and State Secretary Blinken’s call to Ilham Aliyev, continues to show mistrust towards the Minsk group of OSCE, decries new facts of corruption among bureaucrats and is shocked by new details of the investigation of the Ter-ter case; keeps human rights violations at the centre of attention and the situation with political prisoners, reacts with indignation to the schemes concerning registration...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 29.04.2021 “…Occupation by the Bolsheviks on 27 April is one of the most tragic days of our history…” FB users continue to  discuss the recognition of Biden of events of 1915 as a genocide and its impact on Azerbaijan-US relations, are concerned with the interruption of support for treatment of human rights defender Ogtay Gulaliyev, and the non-transparent  execution of restoration projects in the liberated regions, decry Russia’s disrespect of Azerbaijan’s sovereignty, to include Putin-Macron’s recent telephone conversation, commemorate the 101st year...


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