FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 25.05.2020 The Karabagh issue and repressions against activists remain the hot topics these days on FB. The other topics  include corruption of bureaucrats , investigation and firing of some of them, ….. The festivities in the occupied by Armenia and traditionally home-town of Azerbaijanis Shusha devoted to inauguration of the “ president” of Nagorno-Karabagh continue to cause comments and be shared among activists, journalists and bloggers. Many connect this situation to the dire condition with democracy in the country, and that the power in the country is not that...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 16.03.2020 FB users discuss and share situation with banks, prices and currency, oil price, arrest and torture of Fuad Ismayilov, the obstacles by Baku for the return home of the Azerbaijani students studying abroad, the corruption in the response to the coronavirus situation, the measures suggested by various opposition forces to deter the spread of the virus in the country. Ali Kerimli of the PFP attracts attention that while in the whole world the decline of the oil price lead to the decline of the price on gasoline, in Azerbaijan it does not take place. “ Why are not they...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 13.03.2020 FB users continue to discuss the 8 March Rally, the controversial slogan and its reaction by the public, attempt of suicide by the poster’s holder at the rally Aysel Alekberzade, reaction to it by the authorities, statements and new appointments by the president Aliyev, decline of the world oil price, opening session of the parliament of the new convocation, the crisis with foreign currency in the banks. Khadija Ismayil reports that from blaming for the controversial poster at the rally of the woman participant people moved on to blaming the organizers....


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Swift military buildups heighten the risk of a potential new conflict in the region…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Yet another military veteran has taken his own life. Isayev Emil Nizami oglu, a participant in the 44-day war residing in the village of Tatyan, Masalli district, has tragically committed suicide. The insufficient attention from the authorities to the needs of many veterans often leads to such distressing outcomes. Opposition leader Ali Karimli has questioned the lack of concern from Ilham Aliyev, asking why the president is not addressing...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI “When someone does dare to criticize, they are promptly summoned to the police, and in the best-case scenario, they are fined, while in the worst-case scenario, they are subjected to coercion and labeled as traitors…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms An administrative arrest warrant was issued by the Binagadi District Court against Ramid Naghiyev, the head of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) Binagadi District Branch. He was apprehended near the Baku Court of Serious Crimes and subsequently transported to the 6th PB at the Binagadi District Police Department....


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