FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 20.08.2020 FB community continue to follow, share, show solidarity and comment on the events in Belarus, analysing domestic tactics of protesters, reaction of the Western actors, first of all the EU, announcement Lukashenka “persona non-grata”: comparing and extrapolating them to Azerbaijan, and discuss whether Russia will help Lukashenka. They greet release upon 4 years term completion of Fuad Ahmadli of PFP, among others, but decry arrest of the other activists. They also condemn poisoning of Alexei Navalny, share news of arrest of the young writer Karamat  Boyukchol...


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Democracy is not a panacea to resolve conflicts, but it is the most reliable means of finding solutions to problems, this was a leitmotif of the roundtable organized on Tuesday by the Centre of National and International Studies with the support of NED. The participants of the meeting  held discussions around two themes: "The democratic approach to  the settlement of conflicts in Turkey" and "Look at Democracy and Conflict Resolution from Azerbaijan." Speaking on the first topic, Sezin Oney, the Doctor of Bilkend University, a columnist for the newspaper "Taraf" (Kurdish newspaper) focused...


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The situation with democratic freedom in Azerbaijan, especially a freedom of assembly was the main subject of the conference on “ Role of Freedom of Assembly in Civic Activism, Political Pluralism and European Integration”, held by the Center for National and International Studies with the financial support of the World Alliance for Citizen Participation CIVICUS (South Africa), at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on November 1, 2011. The conference brought together prominent human rights activists, lawyers and defenders, political parties, NGOs, journalists and international organizations. The event...


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On December 28, 2010 the CNIS celebrated the release of bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hadjizade and New Year. Among the participants of the party were Leila Aliyeva, Emin Milli, Adnan Hadjizade, Eldar Namazov, Hikmet Hadjizade, Bahar Hadjizade, Ali Abasov, Arzu Abdullayeva, Parvana Persiani, Ali Novruzov and CNIS staff. (more...)


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