On January 27, 2012 Center for National and International Studies held in Caspian Plaza,Baku  a conference on “Azerbaijani-Turkish relations in a changing geopolitical context”. In her opening speech Leila Aliyeva, the President of the Center for National and International Studies, emphasized that “not only cultural and ethnic relations are the basis of the bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey”. According to Leila Alieva, “the fundamental principles of these relations are political factors”. Turkish expert Professor of the Qazi University Dr. Mehmet Seyfettin Erol proposed...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “If Inam Karimov is appointed as the judge of the Supreme Court, it is because he has owned the trust of  the ruling family...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties  In recent weeks, many clerics, theologians, and religious people have been arrested on the charges of espionage or illegal use of drug. According to unofficial reports, the number of those arrested and detained on various charges is around 400-500. Chairperson of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Hasanli expressed his objection to the mass arrest, ...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The West knows very well that human rights are violated, and there is no rule of law in Azerbaijan...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Human rights defender Rufat Safarov reports that the chairperson of the Muslim Union Movement Taleh Baghirzadeh was subjected to severe torture in prison. According to Safarov, Bagyrzade's health is in serious condition, and he has started a hunger strike to protest against ill-treatment. Tale Baghirzade, who was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for the events of Nardaran, has been in a maximum...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 14.10.2021 “I want to drown because I breathe in a country where people try to vindicate the rapist instead of standing with the girl who was raped at the age of 16. ” Governance, economy, corruption. FB community reacts to president Aliyev’s interview with Italian La Repubblica. In an interview to the Italian newspaper, Ilham Aliyev said in response to the question about the "Pandora Papers" that he had been president for eighteen years, and before that, he was a successful businessman. Responding to the accusations, Aliyev said that after becoming president,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 11.10.2021 “Thirteen-year imprisonment neither can frighten me nor can it turn me away from my way.” Governance, economy, corruption. New appointees to the executives of city councils raise the question of their accountability and transparency in management. FB community debates whether the current state- the head of executive power in the cities is appointed by the president- can explain the root causes of the problems in the cities such as Baku. As a result of current law, the unchecked power is concentrated in the hands of the non-elected executive body that...


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