FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Hatred for freedom, justice, the rule of law,  and greed for power unites authoritarian and dictatorial regimes more than any piece of paper.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Azadliq newspaper reports that political prisoner Saleh Rustamli’s request for early release was denied. The request was considered on March 3 without the participation and knowledge of Rustamli's lawyer. Rustamli's lawyers applied to the court on December 6, 2021, while he was still on hunger strike, to be released from the remainder of his sentence...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Countless murders, ruined lives, torture of thousands of innocent people, imprisonment of thousands of people, sacrificing the independence of a country of millions of people to the interests of one person will not go unpunished.” The War between Ukraine and Russia While intense fighting continues in Ukraine, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has stated that Russia, which conducts military operations against Ukraine, has lost its right of representation. On Friday, 42 of the 47 members of the Council of Europe...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 06.09.2021 “….Russia has built its military base in Azerbaijan under the disguise of peacekeepers..” The Karabagh conflict. The FB community shares with high concern reports about intense firing at Shusha. It asks why did not the Russian peacekeepers act? The strong negative reaction was caused by the publicized document of Russian Ministry of Defence of Russian Federation calling the separatist regime “Nagorno-Karabagh Republic” while announcing the tender on the service works in the military camp there. Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry expressed its protest to the Russian...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 12.04.2021 “…Ivan, idi domoi! Ivan, go home!” The FB community is persistently concerned with Russia’s role in the conflict and the region, but praises the increasing role of Turkey in post-Soviet space,  protests at wearing masks in the open air as absurd, demands the re-introduction of child benefits, is concerned with the pressure on the daughter of the opposition leader in exile and the economist Gubad Ibadoglu, discusses the sensational interview given by businessman Ilgar Hajiyev, greets the strengthening Ukraine-Turkey cooperation and reveals the absurdity...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 05.04.2021 “…The country is in the hands of the sex maniacs...” The FB community remains concerned with the uncertainty in Karabagh, the scandal and contradictory reports on Iskander ballistic rockets and the increased tension in Ukraine; continues to decry the blackmail by private videos, and its new victim - Lachin Veliyev, the persecution and decreasing number of human rights lawyers; appraises the new US administration support for democracy and human rights as a priority in foreign policy, in particular in Azerbaijan; and is shocked by the revealed undercurrent...


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