FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The Heydar Aliyev dynasty is a curse upon Azerbaijan. It has deprived the country of all the normal foundations necessary for its development…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms 'If only the system he [Heydar Aliyev] created had disappeared once he was gone. The Heydar Aliyev dynasty is a curse upon Azerbaijan. It has deprived the country of all the normal foundations necessary for its development.” These words were said in an article by the late journalist Elmar Huseynov. Huseynov, a brave critic of the ruling Aliyevs family, was assassinated 19 years...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Ilham Aliyev is adopting Putin's tactics and may take similar actions against his political opponents…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Azerbaijan is the only non-democratic country in the region, according to the Democracy Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the year 2023. While Azerbaijan stands out as the sole non-democratic country in the region, neighboring countries Armenia and Georgia are ranked 84th and 89th, respectively, both recognized as hybrid regimes. Among the 165 states listed, Azerbaijan is placed at the 130th position....


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI “If in the past only 20 percent of the country was occupied by Armenia and 80 percent by Aliyev, now 100 percent is under the occupation of the Aliyev dynasty…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Ramin Ahmadov, a member of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), was arrested on October 12. He was sentenced to 30 days of administrative detention under the charge of 535.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobeying the legal request of the police). A representative of the APFP reported that Ramin Ahmadov is the fourth APFP activist who has been administratively...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Ilham Aliyev started the complete destruction of the Azerbaijani media with the murder of Elmar Huseynov, and since then, journalists were killed, beaten up, kidnapped, and imprisoned...”                                            (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties March 2 marks the 18th anniversary of the murder of Elmar Huseynov, founder and editor-in-chief of "Monitor" magazine. The journalist was shot dead in 2005 in front of his house as a result of an armed attack by an unknown person. Even though 18 years...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 19.08.2021 “…We should all learn lessons from the events in Afghanistan!...” Post-conflict situation. The FB community is highly concerned by the frequent violations of the ceasefire. It reports with the reference to the Ministry of Defense Armenian forces firing at the Azerbaijani positions from the 14th in of August  in Nakhichevan, Kelbajar and Shusha. It is also reported that the two civilian automobiles arrived from the Russia controlled territory near Shusha and opened fire against Azerbaijani posts.  The opposition and civil society leaders and journalists...


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