FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Aliyev regime's primary goal is not to serve its citizens but to prolong its authoritarian power, supported by foreign patrons, its intellectual subordinates, and a domestic population caught in a state of modern servitude.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties According to a statement made by lawyer Elchin Sadigov to Meydan TV, the Baku City General Police Department is currently carrying out searches and conducting investigative measures at various locations linked to jailed activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. These locations include the house...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 20.09.2021 “…If there is a pressure on someone because he/she is a Talysh, then I am Talysh., if against someone because he/ she is Lezgi- then I am Lezgi...” Post-conflict situation. The dissatisfaction with Russian peacekeepers is steadily growing among FB community. Most recently it is related to the free passage of the Armenian and Iranian trucks to the Azerbaijani territory without permission of authorities. The reaction varies from the calls to close Lachin corridor until the Nakhichevan- Zangezur corridor is opened to making Russian peacekeepers withdraw...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 01.07.2021 “…The gas price has risen, so will transport and electricity: everything will rise, even your blood pressure, but never your living standards…” The FB community is increasingly concerned at Russia’s ‘peacekeeping’ activities, deeply shocked by the gas and electricity price rise, discusses revelations in the corruption scandal of the infamous “Azerbaijani couple” in the UK, shows alarm at the increase of drugs consumption in the country, is worried about safety of activists in exile in Europe and decries the unresolved social issues of the war heroes....


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 22.03.2021 “…To oppose the Istanbul Convention is an indication of oppressive thinking…” The FB community discusses US President Joe Biden’s epithet for Putin as ‘killer’; Putin’s allegation of the CIS states as being fake ones; President’s Aliyev amnesty decree, the scandal of illegal hunting of Arab tourists using drones; the general ongoing indifference to the welfare of Azerbaijani society. Opposition activist Sadyghli looks back on his pre-war interview with popular Russian journalist Shevchenko who underestimated the inclusivity of Azerbaijani...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 27.08.2020 The developments around Ramiz Mehdiyev, ex-head of presidential administration dominated FB this time. FB community discusses his unusual response, full of criticism of the bureaucracy and pro-government forces and contrasting them to the “true opposition”. The activists warn against his manipulation by public opinion  reminding that the very system is created by himself. They discredit the official myth about “fight of reformers and conservatives”. The others consider  the inter-clan fighting as distracting from the real reason of the system – President...


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