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...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The government, which is interested in attracting tourists and investment to the country, would establish a normal judicial, health, and police system in the country.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The Muslim Union Movement has appealed to human rights organizations, NGOs, and theologians, as well as a number of political and public figures, regarding the hunger strike of the members of the movement in prison. The appeal says: “While this situation has reached this point, it is necessary to address you as the leading...


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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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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 23.11.2020   “… Russia behaves like an aggressor and Baku keeps silence ...” The FB community continues to comment and to decry the arrival of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia’s speedy violation of the trilateral agreement, also their signing of a separate agreement with Armenia; greets the evacuation of the Agdam region, is concerned  about  unrest in the Lenkoran region, caused by the bureaucrats’ attempt to avoid  compensating the war victim’s family,  mourns the death of the former vice-premier, ambassador to Russia of...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Moscow can make Baku submit to its will by threatening to create internal destabilization in Azerbaijan.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Niyamaddin Ahmadov, the former bodyguard of Ali Karimli, chairperson of the Popular Front Party, who was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison, was tortured in prison. Ahmadov’s family told that he was severely beaten by the prison guards. Ahmadov was subjected to severe torture previously during the investigation. Chairperson of APFP Ali Karimli said that those who ordered...


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