FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The Russians will prevent the peace and security in the region by not leaving the territory of Azerbaijan...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Member of APFP Tofig Mammadov's property was seized by the police, and he started a hunger strike in protest. According to activist Aziz Mamiyev, one day before the rally on September 29, Mammadov received a call that the police were looking for him. A few moments after the call,  Mammadov’s shop was raided by the police, and the devices and equipment at his shop were taken away. Mamiyev...


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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 24.06.2021 “…To become a prosperous and strong state, building a free and democratic society is more important than military victory…” The central topic of FB debates is the outcome of elections in Armenia and its influence on bilateral relations and the situation in the region, and whether this indicates Russia’s weakened role in the region and better prospects for peace. The FB community celebrates the birthday of late president Elchibey while closely following the sentences of opposition activists and situation with political prisoners, decries and discredits...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 09.07.2020 The FB was dominated by discussions of ineffectiveness of the state coronavirus policies, president Aliyev’s meetings and speeches, bureaucratic corruption - both at the low and high levels, crisis in economy, people’s growing dissatisfaction, the fire at the Sobsan factory, reaction of the president to the scandal in the Fairmont Hotel, the president’s Aliyev online conversation with UN Secretary General Gutierrez. The situation with coronavirus and the state policies are actively discussed. Most recent article in Zerkalo on this topic was widely shared,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 01.06.2020 The new  information  of the protest action in front of the Ministry of Education by the students movement, reports about Pashinian and his family being infected and launch of the commercial space shuttle Dragon by Elon Musk was widely shared and commented on, as well as topics of National Independence day, the attitude of the president Aliyev to the history and the founders of the republic, Karabagh issue and Ramil Safarov, corruption of the foreign minister and other officials, blockade of Ali Karimli  continue to be the most discussed and shared among...


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