FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 17.06.2021  “...You have destroyed 33 years of life... But it is simple: when our mothers do not cry, yours will not cry either...” The FB community focuses on high level international meetings – NATO Summit, G7, Putin-Biden Summit, Biden-Erdogan meeting, is disappointed at the absence of mentioning Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity in the NATO communique, widely covers and comments on the visit of Erdogan to Azerbaijan, praising their issued joint statement, and especially the security and defence agreement; appeals to the two presidents to fight...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 30.07.2020 The following topics are dominating these days: repressions against PFP and 2 more members detained, Karabagh, unfair trials of opposition activists, the tortures given to them, 13-14 July resumption of hostilities at the state border  and related events, daily issues with human rights and democracy, the statement in defence of the political prisoners by the young writers and people of arts, the statement of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, of the National Strategic Think Tank, publication and then removal of the article by Ramiz Mehdiyev from the official...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                              05.10.2019   The users continue to discuss the situation around SOCAR in the context of the clashes with the war veterans, and  citation of the talk show presenter Murad that oil does not belong to people, but to the state. They share the statements by Altay Geyushev, historian and opposition activist, that “oil of course belongs to the son of SOCAR’s president who has a watch for 2 mln dollars, but not to the citizen, who cannot afford 1, 500 manat education fee to give his son to the high school”, or by the journalist...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “International events like COP29 should not be used to gloss over the repressions of Azerbaijan’s authoritarian regime. Instead, attendees—politicians, activists and journalists—discussing climate change in Baku should also raise awareness of the political prisoners unjustly detained and suffering in Azerbaijan’s prisons.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Azerbaijani political refugee Vidadi Isgandarli, who resides in France, was attacked on Sunday and is in critical condition. Exiled journalist Ganimat Zahid reported this on his social media...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Azerbaijan positioning itself as peacemaker but is accused of ethnic cleansing and imprisoning opponents...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Former MP and businessman Nazim Baydamirli is facing a 9-year prison sentence. On September 16, the prosecutor made this request at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, claiming that the former MP's demand for money through blackmail had been proven in court. However, Baydamirli disagrees. Before the prosecutor's statement—when the judge suggested concluding the investigation—he objected, stating that there were...


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