FB Digest@VoxPOPULI “Over 70,000 Armenians, which amounts to more than half of the population in Nagorno Karabakh, have fled…” (Lack of ) Human Rights and Freedoms Agil Hummetov, a member of the Khazar District Branch of the APFP, had been on a hunger strike for 16 days while incarcerated in the Penitentiary Institute. He started a hunger strike to demand a resolution of the financial problems his family suffering from. Today, during a meeting with his lawyer, Fakhraddin Mehdiyev, he was informed of a request from his party colleagues to halt the hunger strike. Taking this request...


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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   “Russia is interested in starting a new war between Azerbaijan and Armenia in order to divert international attention from Ukraine.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The investigation into the murder of journalist Avaz Hafizli has been concluded. At the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, the prosecutor requested ten years and six months of imprisonment for Hafizli’s cousin Amrulla Gulaliyev, who was accused of murder. The journalist’s brother considered the punishment requested by the prosecutor to be unnecessarily severe....


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The silence and fear in society, especially the educated segment of the society, created favorable conditions that enabled the government to commit such crimes.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Representatives of Azerbaijani civil society have called on the country's leadership to stop inhumane acts such as physical violence and torture against its opponents and critics. The joint statement released on Wednesday said that “if, as claimed by the authorities, the political authorities and official structures are not behind...


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  A Conference on “Eurointegration and the way of settlement of the conflicts” organized by the Center for National and International Studies was held in Lenkoran city on May 28. In her opening speech at the conference Leyla Aliyeva, President of the Center for National and International Studies emphasizes that 93 years before, on that day of 1918 the first democratic state – Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established. “Despite the difficulties, ADR always adhered the policy of integration with Europe.” (more...)


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