FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “I knew that I had to give double, triple in Azerbaijan, because I was fighting in their country and they had bought everyone…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms The National Council of Democratic Forces decided to organize a rally in Baku, scheduled for April 21 at 3:00 p.m. The primary objectives of the rally encompass the release of political prisoners, electoral reforms ensuring unhindered election rallies and genuine opposition representation in election commissions, enhancement of the living standards through child benefits, increased social support,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 09.07.2020 The FB was dominated by discussions of ineffectiveness of the state coronavirus policies, president Aliyev’s meetings and speeches, bureaucratic corruption - both at the low and high levels, crisis in economy, people’s growing dissatisfaction, the fire at the Sobsan factory, reaction of the president to the scandal in the Fairmont Hotel, the president’s Aliyev online conversation with UN Secretary General Gutierrez. The situation with coronavirus and the state policies are actively discussed. Most recent article in Zerkalo on this topic was widely shared,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 26.02.2020 FB users continue to discuss the reaction of the authorities to the assault on Jale Bayramova at the polling station, the course of recovery of the human rights defender Ogtay Gulaliyev, the commemoration of the events in Khojali town in Karabagh in 1992, the public rally organized by the government in Berlin on this occasion, the death of the opposition politician Isgandar Hamidov. Hikmet Hajizade compares case of Jale Bayramova, against whom police opened the case instead of doing it against the offender, who attacked her at the polling station with the case...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 17.02.2020 FB users share the information on post-election protest rally of the opposition and independents, high level panel/dialogue of presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia at the Munich Security Conference, reaction to the  4 precincts voting results cancellation, continue to discuss the falsifications of parliamentary elections. REAL, Musavat, NIDA, Hegiget and D18 movements  members are reporting brutal dispersal of the public rally protesting falsification of the elections in front of the CEC building. They report 200 people detained - 40 of REAL, 56 of Musavat,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 13.02.2020 The dominating topic of FB were falsifications and results of the parliamentary elections, state violence during and  after elections, decision of REAL activist Erkin Gadirli to join new parliament, cancellation of the voting results in some precincts. The civil activist and REAL member Zohrab Ismayil writes about necessity of the alternative data to clarify the true winners in the precincts. Based on such data, he published the list of some of those who in reality won the race in their precincts.In precinct 11- Sehavet Soltanli, 12- Natig Jafarli, 16- Erkin...


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