FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The Aliyev regime seeks to eradicate social-political institutions and activists who criticize and expose its oppressive, anti-people policies. Consequently, it continues to implement a sustained campaign of repression against independent and critical activists and institutions…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms "AbzasMedia" journalists Ulvi Hasanli and Sevinj Vagifgizi have been handed a 4-month detention sentence on charges of smuggling. According to "Abzas Media," the district court in Baku reached a verdict on Tuesday, finding Hasanli and Vagifgizi...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “This government is alien to its people; it does not feel a need to understand the pain and listen to the cries of its people…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Human rights defender Abid Gafarov addressed the UN hearings on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, presenting his report on the "Tartar case" and shedding light on the torture inflicted upon soldiers. The "Tartar case," also known as the Terter massacre, involves large-scale torture of Azerbaijani military personnel accused of treason in 2017, following the Nagorno-Karabakh war in April...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Azerbaijan is a black, deep, bottomless well that silently swallows and exploits us, and destroys our life, happiness, dreams, hopes, and future.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The trial of Alizamin Salayev, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Part (APFP) Salyan district branch, who has been on hunger strike for more than 100 days, has been held. Salayev was brought to the court by ambulance as he was not able to move. Despite numerous calls from local and international human rights defenders to release Salayev, the court...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “For years, this government has invented a myth to discredit the free media in the eyes of the people by spreading lies that the independent media is financed by the people abroad”… (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties A member of the opposition Popular Front Party (APFP) Alizamin Salayev continues hunger strike in jail despite his declining health. Chairperson of the APFP Ali Karimli called on the public to be active in demanding Salayev’s release. Karimli: “Alizamin Bey's 90-day "freedom or death" struggle should make us think,...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The main difference between Ilham Aliyev's regime and all other corrupt regimes is the ruling family’s ability to impose corrupt practices on the society under the name of ‘patriotism’....” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties  On April 18, the trial of a group of military personnel who were accused of torture in the "Tartar case", was held in the Sumgait Court. Many victims testified in court. One of the victims Yusif Asadov said that military prosecutor general Hikmat Hasanov was personally beating up the soldiers.  “The...


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