FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 12.11.2020 “… I do not want  Russian soldiers on my soil ….” The central topic of FB concerns the statement of the three key leaders – Putin, Aliyev and Pashinian - about the ceasefire, met with mixed feelings - happiness at peace, but shock and disappointment at the entrance of  Russian peacekeeping troops, discussion of its possible consequences for the future of the conflict and the country, a strongly negative reaction to the Russian troops presence on the part of all the leading political and civil forces. The FB community shares reactions to the ceasefire...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 04.06.2020 The leading topics these days are the protest action of students in front of the Ministry of Education and arrest of the 18 year old Rustam Ismayilbeyli, increased pressure on Ilkin Rustamzade, the clash between the passengers of the metro and the policemen, corruption scandals of bureaucrats, the illness of the ex-political prisoner and the candidate in the recent local election Mehman Huseynov, speech of the president before the refugees, the Karabagh issue, commemorate the 4th of June 1993- the coup d’etats, or colonel rebellion, which overthrew democratically...


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  FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 09.04.2020 The topics of these days are continued repressions of government critics, police and internet harassment of the NIDA movement leader Ilkin Rustamzade and his family, one year commemoration of the suicide of Elina Hajiyeva, the aid package of the government and the social-economic situation in the country. The activists, journalists and bloggers share the information about police surrounding the house of the family and then the house of Ilkin Rustamzade, where he lives with his wife. Khadija Ismayil decribes the developments on her timeline in details: “The...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 14.12.2019 More than 200 comments caused the posting about prominent lawyer Aslan Ismaylov’s interpretation of the case with the human rights defender Ogtay Gulaliyev, which defended the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and blamed those who criticised it.  The numerous postings were shaming the lawyer, revealing deep disappointment, were full of irony  and ideas that “he could never be trusted” and “he was bought off”. FB users widely comment on developments ion Karabagh issue and adoption by the US Congress of the “Resolution on Armenian Genocide” They commented...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI                                                                                                                                                                          16.11.2019 Gubad Ibadoglu comments on the discussions of budget in the Parliament, saying that MP Vahid Ahmedov as usual is one of the few who tells the truth. He quotes him as stating, that some tenders are not conducted in transparent manner, that there should be a serious control in this area, especially control in the part...


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