FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Elections cannot take place without schools being in session because the government's primary base for electoral fraud is in schools...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms After persistent demands from political detainee Alasgar Mammadli himself, his family, and the public, the court ruled that a needle biopsy should be performed on the 26 mm tumor discovered in his thyroid gland at a private clinic. According to the court order, the biopsy procedure was supposed to be conducted at a hospital chosen by Mammadli and by the doctors he selected. However,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Despite objections from the opposition and activists regarding the illogical closure of land borders for four years, the authorities have not taken them into consideration...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Elkhan Aliyev, an activist from the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (AXCP), who has been imprisoned for 10 months, has announced that he will start a hunger strike to the death. At the Baku Court of Appeal, he declared that beginning on May 15, he will refuse both food and water. An AXCP official explained that Aliyev is taking this drastic step...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Aliyev's regime has established torture laboratories where human rights abuses take place, including the killing of individuals, subjecting detainees to electric shocks, coercing prisoners under torture to provide false testimony against themselves, mass arrests of Islamic believers on false drug charges, persecution of activists, restrictions on freedom of assembly, election fraud, and exploitation of the pandemic for political purposes, as well as the degradation of citizens' dignity by law enforcement agencies...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms On...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The government should also heed this demand for rallies and lift the unjust ban on rallies. It is our people's right to assemble freely and peacefully, to voice grievances against the government, and to assert their demands…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Journalist Ismayil Tagiyev was called in as a witness to the Baku Serious Crimes Prosecution Office regarding the Abzas Media case. He spent approximately three hours at the police department before departing later that day. Tagiyev, in a statement to journalists, mentioned being detained in connection...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “As you know, the regime does not favor such persons of courage, such brave individuals. No, it doesn't just dislike them—it, in fact, hates them…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms According to reports, Niyamaddin Ahmadov, a member of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), initiated a hunger strike at Detention Facility No. 12. The party spokesperson indicated that Ahmadov commenced the strike on March 15 and has been fasting for 7 consecutive days. "Ahmadov is in need of specific dietary supplements. However, the supplements sent to him were...


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