FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Hundreds of patriotic young people are subjected to cruel torture in Aliyev's prisons on false charges.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties A group of writers and poets appealed to President Ilham Aliyev regarding Alizamin Salayev, a member of the opposition party who has been on a hunger strike for more than 114 days protesting against his illegal arrest. Azadlig newspaper shared the letter: “As a result of the hunger strike, he fell into a coma several times. Yesterday, doctors warned him that he would die if he did not stop his hunger....


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “In Azerbaijan, not only the political power is concentrated in the hands of one person, the entire economy, its import, export, production, and trade are under the monopoly of one person...”                                                                                                             (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Political prisoner Alzamin Salayev has been on hunger strike for over 60 days. Former political prisoner Ilkin Rustamzade called on authorities to release...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Participation in the Eurasian Union, one of Russia's imperial projects, with any status is not economic, but a political issue, an attempt to breathe life into the isolated Putin at the cost of harming the national interests of Azerbaijan.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Azadliq newspaper reports that Ziyafat Aliyev, a member of the APFP Bilasuvar district branch, was subjected to police brutality. “As soon as the police found out that I was a relative of Jamil Hasanli, they punched me in the mouth,” Aliyev told Azadliq newspaper....


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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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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Member of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) Alizamin Salyev has been on hunger strike for 77 days. Salayev’s Lawyer Nemet Karimli said that  Salayev would not stop the hunger strike unless he was released. “Zamin Bey (Alzamin) called from the detention center. His health has deteriorated. He said that he could no longer move, his weight dropped to 80 kg, and he suffers from pain and insomnia. He insists on continuing his hunger strike, and he will not accept false accusations against...


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