Home » Search results for 'Aliyevs'

24.07.2023  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  July 25, 2023  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “It is widely recognized among those familiar with Azerbaijan’s political landscape that Gubad Ibadoghlu's arrest stems from his outspoken criticism, particularly his writings and speeches that have brought corruption to light.” (Lack of ) Human Rights and Freedoms Gubad Ibadoglu, a prominent economist, Senior Visiting Fellow at LSE, and the chairman of ADPP (Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity Party), has been detained and accused of having connections with "FETO," which Turkey considers a terrorist organization. On the photos shared...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

26.06.2023  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  June 27, 2023  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Every gram of gold that the Aliyevs extracted from the Soyudlu gold mines (and others) carries with it a scent of blood.” (Lack of ) Human Rights and Freedoms Since the protests against the illegal activities of the gold mining company in Soyudlu village erupted, dozens of people have been arrested. Former political prisoner Giyas Ibrahim and an activist from the NIDA civil movement Elmir Abbas, are among those who were administratively arrested for 30 and 20 days, respectively. To protest the mistreatment and police brutality witnessed...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

22.06.2023  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  June 23, 2023  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The Aliyevs treat Azerbaijan as an occupied territory and the Azerbaijani people as people under captivity.” (Lack of ) Human Rights and Freedoms The protest taking place in the Gadabay region of Azerbaijan and the police brutality against the elderly protesters has become the center of attention in recent days. The people of Soyudli village of Gadabay protested against the creation of artificial lakes for toxic waste from gold mines belonging to the ruling family. In the viral videos circulating on the Internet, the use of force by the police...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

22.05.2023  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  May 23, 2023  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Azerbaijan is a black, deep, bottomless well that silently swallows and exploits us, and destroys our life, happiness, dreams, hopes, and future.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The trial of Alizamin Salayev, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Part (APFP) Salyan district branch, who has been on hunger strike for more than 100 days, has been held. Salayev was brought to the court by ambulance as he was not able to move. Despite numerous calls from local and international human rights defenders to release Salayev, the court...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

06.04.2023  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  April 7, 2023  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “If Inam Karimov is appointed as the judge of the Supreme Court, it is because he has owned the trust of  the ruling family...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties  In recent weeks, many clerics, theologians, and religious people have been arrested on the charges of espionage or illegal use of drug. According to unofficial reports, the number of those arrested and detained on various charges is around 400-500. Chairperson of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Hasanli expressed his objection to the mass arrest, ...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

03.04.2023  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  April 4, 2023  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Iran is happy about the arrests of religious people in Azerbaijan and that the religious people are persecuted because repressions, arrests, and torture undermine the faith in the Azerbaijani state among religious people...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties  The police used violence against the members of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) who were protesting in front of the Ministry of Justice against the illegal arrest of Alizamin Salayev, the chairman of the APFP Salyan district branch. Dozens of APFP members were detained...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

27.02.2023  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  February 28, 2023  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Azerbaijani authorities use all means such as blackmailing, bribe and assault to silence its critics abroad.”                                                                                                          (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev has been on hunger strike for 48 days. Some journalists consider it the longest hunger strike in the political history of Azerbaijan. Despite continues calls from local and international human rights organziations...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

20.02.2023  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  February 21, 2023  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “There is no legal option, and I had no choice but to starve to death to fight for my right to freedom…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev continues his hunger strike, protesting against his illegal arrest. Being on hunger strike for more than 40 days and not able to walk or talk, in his letter, the activist complained about the detention conditions and the ill-treatment he receives in prison. According to him, there are people in his cell who are constantly disturbing him and not letting him sleep....


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

19.01.2023  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  January 20, 2023  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “With the new rules of residency, the population will be easily controlled, and legal grounds are created to track citizens…”                                                                (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Member of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Tofig Yagublu is on the 15th day of hunger strike. According to his daughter Nigar Hezi, who could finally meet him in the detention center, Yagublu’s health is in very bad shape. Hezi said that, although her father has already...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

28.11.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  November 29, 2022  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The West knows very well that human rights are violated, and there is no rule of law in Azerbaijan...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Human rights defender Rufat Safarov reports that the chairperson of the Muslim Union Movement Taleh Baghirzadeh was subjected to severe torture in prison. According to Safarov, Bagyrzade's health is in serious condition, and he has started a hunger strike to protest against ill-treatment. Tale Baghirzade, who was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for the events of Nardaran, has been in a maximum...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

20.10.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  October 21, 2022  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Iran should not provoke Azerbaijan to respond to the calling of Azerbaijanis living on its southern border...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Azadliq newspaper reports that Arif Safarov, the head of the Jalilabad District branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (He worked for more than 20 years in the State Traffic Police Department), brutally beat Jamal Nuriyev, a war veteran. Nuriyev served in the army during the Second Karabakh war and was severely injured. Aghjabedi resident Faig Aliyev says that his wife, Matanat Aliyeva...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

18.08.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  August 19, 2022  |  No comment



    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Corruption is not only taking a bribe, hiring a relative, but also harassing and abusing female colleagues.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties In the past couple of days, several members of APFP were summoned to the police offices. Murad Adilov, the brother of APFP activist Natig Adilov, was taken to the police, and Gadir Khudabakhsiyev, an activist of the Mingachevir branch of the party, was also taken to the police. Moreover, APFP member, late Elnur Farajov’s father, Huseyn Farajov, was kidnapped by unknown persons in black masks....


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

11.08.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  August 12, 2022  |  No comment



      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The General Prosecutor's Office holding a conference on media is a self-revelation and clear proof of the Aliyev government’s treatment of journalism.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Anar Aliyev, a political activist, living in Germany, was arrested in Baku on false charges, and his wife was banned from leaving the country. Exiled journalist Afgan Mukhtarli called the activist’s arrest “an immoral act by president Aliyev”.  According to Mukhtarli, Anar Aliyev’s wife was asked to write a testimony against her husband...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

28.07.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  July 29, 2022  |  No comment



      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Russia is interested in starting a new war between Azerbaijan and Armenia in order to divert international attention from Ukraine.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The investigation into the murder of journalist Avaz Hafizli has been concluded. At the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, the prosecutor requested ten years and six months of imprisonment for Hafizli’s cousin Amrulla Gulaliyev, who was accused of murder. The journalist’s brother considered the punishment requested by the prosecutor to be unnecessarily severe....


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

21.07.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  July 22, 2022  |  No comment



      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...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

14.07.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  July 15, 2022  |  No comment



      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...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

20.06.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  June 21, 2022  |  No comment



      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...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

19.05.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  May 20, 2022  |  No comment



      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Calling on the British embassy in Azerbaijan to refute its statement and admit its mistake, the Ministry of Internal Affairs proved at the international level that there is a police regime in Azerbaijan.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties In Azerbaijan, from May 18 to June 18 has been officially declared "Human Rights Month". According to the authorities, “whose rights have been violated should be resolved within this period.” However, the government’s announcement has been found ironic, especially in the light of recent...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

28.04.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  April 29, 2022  |  No comment



      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The silence and fear in society, especially the educated segment of the society, created favorable conditions that enabled the government to commit such crimes.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Representatives of Azerbaijani civil society have called on the country's leadership to stop inhumane acts such as physical violence and torture against its opponents and critics. The joint statement released on Wednesday said that “if, as claimed by the authorities, the political authorities and official structures are not behind...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

14.04.2022  

Posted by:     Tags:      Posted date:  April 15, 2022  |  No comment



      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “No matter what happens in the world, the expansion of the family government and family business remains the main priority of the Aliyev government.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Anvar Agamalizadeh, a 69-year-old teacher and member ADWP, was detained at a police station for four hours for expressing critical views against the Russian army and Putin during a rally of the party in front of the Russian embassy. After being summoned to the Surakhani Police Department, Agamalizadeh was fired from his job at the Surakhani...


Quick View QuickView | Read Full Article

    • 28.09.2023
      September 29, 2023

      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI “Over 70,000 Armenians, which amounts to more than half...
    • 25.09.2023
      September 26, 2023

      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI “Given the substantial number of prisoners subjected...
    • 21.09.2023
      September 22, 2023

          FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The arrest of activists...
    • 18.09.2023
      September 19, 2023

          FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “I personally handed over...
    • 14.09.2023
      September 15, 2023

          FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The effectiveness and independence...
    • 11.09.2023
      September 12, 2023

          FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The National Council declares...
    • FB Digest@VoxPOPULI SEPTEMBER 2023
      September 8, 2023

        FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 07 SEPTEMBER 2023         FB...
    • 07.09.2023
      September 8, 2023

          FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The children of notorious...
    • 17.08.2023
      August 17, 2023

          FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Those who receive rewards...
    • 14.08.2023
      August 15, 2023

          FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Under no circumstances...
    • 10.08.2023
      August 11, 2023

          FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Charges against Dr. Ibadoghlu...
    • August 8, 2023

    • 07.08.2023
      August 8, 2023

        FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The reasons why the secular segment...