FB Digest@VoxPOPULI “Given the substantial number of prisoners subjected to torture and the conditions of their detention, activists and human rights advocates are expressing concerns about the well-being of incarcerated activists…” (Lack of ) Human Rights and Freedoms Fazail Aliyev, a member of the Gazakh District Branch of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), along with his son, was apprehended by the Gazakh District Police Department. Following a one-day detention, his son, Farid Aliyev, received a 30-day administrative detention sentence and he a 200 manats fine, after...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The reason for the acute water shortages in the central regions is the plantations owned by the “oligarchs” stretching over thousands of hectares...”                                              (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Residents of Nabatkend and Orta Mughan villages of Saatli district protested the acute water shortage demanding the authorities solve the issue. Around 200 farmers in Saatli District attempted to block a highway to protest water shortages in the nearby Kura and Aras rivers. The police...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “I continue to believe Azerbaijan’s future should be in the community of democracies, but the detention of political prisoners, such as activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, undermines that path…”                                                                                      (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev has been on hunger strike for more than 40 days in protest against his illegal imprisonment. Despite the appeals of many local and international human rights...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Smart village” is not only a project of corruption but also serves to slow down the settlement in the territories freed from occupation and to reduce gas consumption.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Political prisoner, Agil Humbatov’s wife, was detained while she was making complaints at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Mrs Humbatova wanted to ask the minister Vilayat Eyvazov about the actions of the police officers investigating the criminal case against her husband. According to the lawyer Rufat Safarov, while...


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      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...


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