FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Hundreds of patriotic young people are subjected to cruel torture in Aliyev's prisons on false charges.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties A group of writers and poets appealed to President Ilham Aliyev regarding Alizamin Salayev, a member of the opposition party who has been on a hunger strike for more than 114 days protesting against his illegal arrest. Azadlig newspaper shared the letter: “As a result of the hunger strike, he fell into a coma several times. Yesterday, doctors warned him that he would die if he did not stop his hunger....


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   "Ilham Aliyev's support for Russia's imperial policy at a time when even Russia's closest allies are distancing themselves from it is illogical and can only be explained by a desire to strengthen solidarity among authoritarian regimes and slow down the global democratic changes that await the region." (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Member of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) Salyan branch Zaur Ahmadov was detained by two civilian police officers. Azadliq newspaper reports that Ahmadov was taken to an unknown destination, and only...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Citizens in Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan continued to endure the ruling elite's nepotism and cronyism.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties On May 23, a group of LGBTQ+ activists gathered to protest the arrest of transgender people who were detained a few days ago. On May 22, footage of a confrontation between three transgender people with the police in the Khatai district of Baku was spread on social media. In the footage, the transgender man is seen fighting with the police and then being detained. Azadlig newspaper reports that...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Azerbaijan is a black, deep, bottomless well that silently swallows and exploits us, and destroys our life, happiness, dreams, hopes, and future.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The trial of Alizamin Salayev, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Part (APFP) Salyan district branch, who has been on hunger strike for more than 100 days, has been held. Salayev was brought to the court by ambulance as he was not able to move. Despite numerous calls from local and international human rights defenders to release Salayev, the court...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The Azerbaijani Laundromat brought a lot of damage on many levels to Azerbaijan itself, to the European Union, to the US, and other parts of the world.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Nardaran prisoner Abbas Huseyin, a member of the Muslim Union Movement, says his life is in danger in a letter addressed to the public. “Since I felt a threat to my life, I decided to inform the public. My life is in danger. If not today, then tomorrow, if not tomorrow, in 5 days, if not in 5 days, then in 5 months - I have no doubt that they will...


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