FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The arrest of activists continued in Baku during the military operation in Karabakh…” (Lack of ) Human Rights and Freedoms The arrests of activists occurred at a time when the Azerbaijani government had asserted its commitment to safeguarding the rights and security of Armenians residing in Karabakh. In the past 24 hours, five members of the civil society have been stripped of their freedom, with two of them facing criminal charges while three others are subject to administrative arrests. During the military operation in Karabakh,...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “With the new rules of residency, the population will be easily controlled, and legal grounds are created to track citizens…”                                                                (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Member of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Tofig Yagublu is on the 15th day of hunger strike. According to his daughter Nigar Hezi, who could finally meet him in the detention center, Yagublu’s health is in very bad shape. Hezi said that, although her father has already...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “We will know the real results of the Sochi meetings in the next two months, especially if the peace agreement is signed...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The decisions of the appeals and cassation instances in the case of nineteen persons who were arrested in the “Tarter case” and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment for treason and other serious charges were canceled and returned to the appeals court for re-examination. On November 2, those cases were considered at the Ganja Court of Appeals. The long-term prison sentences...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Ukraine will undoubtedly win, but the withdrawal of the Russians from the Caucasus does not seem realistic...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Activist Aziz Mamiyev who was detained at the rally in Baku last week said that after learning that he was injured as a result of police brutality, the hospital refused to provide him with the test results. Mamiyev’s Facebook post reads: “At the hospital, they did not inform me about the result of the analysis. Imagine, first, they said that according to the results of the ultrasound,...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Karabakh was not liberated but was handed over from occupying Armenia to the corrupt Aliyev government.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The National Council of Democratic Forces issued a statement on the continuation of repressions and political arrests in Azerbaijan. The statement read: On May 28, the day when the Azerbaijani people celebrated Independence and Republic Day, the government of Ilham Aliyev began to fabricate a criminal case against another of his political rivals. APFP activist Razi Alishov was detained...


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