FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The most urgent problem facing the nation at the moment is ensuring the freedom of assembly...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties After nine months of trial, the Baku Serious Crimes Court has finally made a decision on the case of Asgar Aghazadeh, who was accused of sexual harassment against activist Sanay Yaghmur (Gahramanli). On October 12, according to the verdict presided over by Judge Novruz Karimov, Aghazadeh was sentenced to five years in prison. Speaking his last words before the court, Aghazadeh said that there was no evidence...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The reaction of the authorities and the public to the mass suicide of veterans is not adequate.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Aziz Mamiyev, an activist of the Musavat party, shared in his Facebook post that he was tortured while in detention. According to Mamiyev,  he was severely tortured after being detained by the police at the rally held in July demanding the opening of the land borders. Mamiyev shared one of the police officers’ photo who had tortured him.  Journalist Gulnara Rahimova, who witnessed the police brutality,...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The General Prosecutor's Office holding a conference on media is a self-revelation and clear proof of the Aliyev government’s treatment of journalism.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Anar Aliyev, a political activist, living in Germany, was arrested in Baku on false charges, and his wife was banned from leaving the country. Exiled journalist Afgan Mukhtarli called the activist’s arrest “an immoral act by president Aliyev”.  According to Mukhtarli, Anar Aliyev’s wife was asked to write a testimony against her husband...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Heydar Aliyev’s return to power is not a day of salvation for our people but a day of defeat of the republic, people's government, republican values, and restoration of family power.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties French police have arrested two people accused of attempting to kill blogger Mahammad Mirzali. One of those arrested was an Azerbaijani citizen and the other a Moldovan of Turkish origin. Police found a machine gun, Mirzali’s photos, and instructions to his home address in their car. The Nantes court sentenced...


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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 “The Azerbaijani government is committing all kinds of illegal acts in order to prevent the open trial of the deported migrants it has arrested under false pretenses.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The chairperson of the Citizen and Progress Party, political prisoner Ali Aliyev has started a hunger strike. Aliyev was sentenced to five months in prison on trumped-up charges. His detention was later extended for another month on another charge. As a protest against the extension of the detention period for several more months, Aliyev started a hunger strike....


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The people of Azerbaijan must also recognize the responsibility that falls on their shoulders at this historic turning point for their future, and rise to a more mass and consistent peaceful struggle.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The National Council of Democratic Forces shared a statement on the new wave of politically motivated arrests and police violence. The statement reads: “Numerous cases of police violence and other mysterious crimes (believed by the general public to be connected to the police) have been...


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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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Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 29.10.2021 “It is necessary to condemn politicians, not for their grammatical mistakes, but for the millions they stole from the state budget.” Governance, economy, corruption. Political activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev asked the FB community to pay attention to systematic corruption. His FB post reads: 100 ways to become a hero by returning part of the people's money to themselves. 16th way: You restore a yard with sports equipment and a playground for the children for the people whose money you have stolen, and they...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                                                                                16.11.2019 Gubad Ibadoglu comments on the discussions of budget in the Parliament, saying that MP Vahid Ahmedov as usual is one of the few who tells the truth. He quotes him as stating, that some tenders...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                                                                                          12.10.2019   The issue of domestic violence and anti- violence campaign “Do not keep silence” ( susma)  continues on social media...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 03.12.2020   “When the verdict is issued, I want the world to see their faces ...” The FB community shares news on the liberation of the Lachin and Zangilan regions, but expresses concern about the delay in returning some parts of them; continues to denounce the arrival and behaviour of the Russian peacekeeping troops, calling them “occupiers”; criticizes the low size of compensation to families of killed troops; defines the principles of conflict resolution; criticizes the president’s...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 04.06.2020 The leading topics these days are the protest action of students in front of the Ministry of Education and arrest of the 18 year old Rustam Ismayilbeyli, increased pressure on Ilkin Rustamzade, the clash between the passengers of the metro and the policemen, corruption scandals of bureaucrats, the illness of the ex-political prisoner and the candidate in the recent local election Mehman Huseynov, speech of the president before the refugees, the Karabagh issue, commemorate the 4th of June 1993-...


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