FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 23.11.2020   “… Russia behaves like an aggressor and Baku keeps silence ...” The FB community continues to comment and to decry the arrival of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia’s speedy violation of the trilateral agreement, also their signing of a separate agreement with Armenia; greets the evacuation of the Agdam region, is concerned  about  unrest in the Lenkoran region, caused by the bureaucrats’ attempt to avoid  compensating the war victim’s family,  mourns the death of the former vice-premier, ambassador to Russia of...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                                          20.11.2019 FB users actively discuss and share the information about mass protests in Iran as a reaction to the significant increase of the gasoline prices resulted in casualties on the side of protesters. Some of the photos initially were shared under the mistaken title: “Azerbaijanis in Iran struggle for independence”....


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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 COP29 Azerbaijan approaches, one thing is clear: there can be no climate justice without justice against repression...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Member of the Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan, lawyer Toghrul Rzayev has reported being assaulted by the police. He wrote on social media: “For nearly 3 days, I have been prevented from carrying out my professional duties by the Nesimi District Police Department. On July 25, 2024, while performing my professional duties, I was subjected to violence and beaten by police officers. Later,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Today, Azerbaijan is governed by Stalin and his NKVD methods. Just as Stalin sent directives demanding 'beat them until they confess,' the NKVD executed them...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Interrogations of Journalists in the "Smuggling Case" Continue. Journalist Alya Yagublu has been summoned to the Baku City Main Police Department (BCMPD). She informed "Abzas Media" about this herself. Alya Yagublu stated that she was called to the department in relation to the "Toplum TV case." "They have summoned me for June 6 at 11:00 AM. The person who called...


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