FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe certainly cannot be blackmailed. The conditions are crystal clear. Azerbaijan must comply with all the rules of the Parliamentary Assembly without any ifs and buts...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms On September 12, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes reviewed and denied the petition to release activist Famil Khalilov, a first-degree disabled person, under house arrest. He has been on a hunger strike for 30 days in protest against his imprisonment. Khalilov, who was arrested on May 2, has been charged...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “As long as the regime's "caviar diplomacy" was in full swing, opening the doors of important European organizations wide for Ilham Aliyev, he was content with Europe and did not make anti-European statements...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms TaJira Mammadzade, the sister of political prisoner Sahib Mammadzade, has accused the forensic examination of providing a false report regarding her brother's torture. She elaborated, stating: "My brother, who served as the chairman of the AXCP Dashkasan district branch, Sahib Mammadzade, was allegedly discovered...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Opposition members were generally more likely than other citizens to experience official harassment and arbitrary arrest and detention. Members of opposition political parties continued to be arrested, convicted, and sentenced to administrative detention after making social media posts critical of the government or participating in peaceful rallies.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms The head of the "Majlis.info" platform, Imran Aliyev, has once again been subjected to torture after revealing that he was given electric shocks while in detention. This...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The banks belong to the Aliyev family, the hospitals belong to the Aliyev family, the pharmacies belong to the Aliyev family. Does the public, journalists, bloggers not have the right to question this?” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms On Wednesday, numerous journalists were detained as the crackdown on independent media continues in Azerbaijan. The office of the independent media outlet Toplum TV has been subjected to a police raid, resulting in the forceful apprehension of journalists. This comes after months of being targeted by Azerbaijani state...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Leaving the Council of Europe would result in Azerbaijanis losing the opportunity to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights when their rights are not ensured in the country's courts…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms The request for the house arrest of journalist Elnara Gasimova, arrested in connection with the "Abzas Media" case, was reviewed on February 2. Abzas Media reported that the request was not granted during the proceedings at the Baku Court of Appeal. The series of detentions began with the arrest of Ulvi Hasanli, the director of "Abzas...


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