FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The government, which is interested in attracting tourists and investment to the country, would establish a normal judicial, health, and police system in the country.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The Muslim Union Movement has appealed to human rights organizations, NGOs, and theologians, as well as a number of political and public figures, regarding the hunger strike of the members of the movement in prison. The appeal says: “While this situation has reached this point, it is necessary to address you as the leading...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “It is neither a coincidence nor a sign of good intentions that Russia grew interested in Azerbaijan.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Elshan Abbasov, a member of the Muslim Union Movement who was arrested on trumped-up charges, is held in an overcrowded prison in Kurdakhani. The prison barrack where Abbasov serves his sentence has only eight beds, but at the moment, there are 16 prisoners sharing the same barrack. Journalist Afgan Muktarli reports that Abbasov is not allowed to meet with family members. Another prisoner,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 20.09.2021 “…If there is a pressure on someone because he/she is a Talysh, then I am Talysh., if against someone because he/ she is Lezgi- then I am Lezgi...” Post-conflict situation. The dissatisfaction with Russian peacekeepers is steadily growing among FB community. Most recently it is related to the free passage of the Armenian and Iranian trucks to the Azerbaijani territory without permission of authorities. The reaction varies from the calls to close Lachin corridor until the Nakhichevan- Zangezur corridor is opened to making Russian peacekeepers withdraw...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 16.09.2021 “…This government views Azerbaijan as its “object”, or as a source of income...” Post-conflict situation. The FB community shares and decries facts of Iranian trucks freely passing in Nagorno-Karabagh.  They also share the Iranian documents where the Khankendi is called Stepanakert and indicated as an Armenian city. Osmangizi TV discusses the topic  “ How Aliyev turned Karabagh into a Russia’s frozen conflict”. The civil and political leaders react to the protest of the  Iranian Foreign Ministry agianst the joint Azerbaijan- Turkish maritime...


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  Center for National and International Studies   FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 03.06.2021 “…We have risked our lives, but you have taken away our rights…” The FB community continues to express its concern over the many disturbing anomalies being faced in the political and economic arena. A major worry permeating society is the tension on the state borders with Armenia and the growing probability of a new war. FB users discuss relations with Turkey, together with opposition and civil activities in terms of their extension from official to public levels; denounce significant...


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