FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 24.08.2020 FB community commemorates 20th anniversary since the death of the first president of Azerbaijan Elchibey,  analysing his role in nation’s history, contribution to the state, nation and democracy building of Azerbaijan, covering both strong and weak points of his rule, but stressing his unique democratic personality, pure and modest leadership style and his influence on society. They also commemorate 40th day of military killed during the last resumption of hostilities in Tovuz region.  The community follows and shares events in Belarus, expresses...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 20.08.2020 FB community continue to follow, share, show solidarity and comment on the events in Belarus, analysing domestic tactics of protesters, reaction of the Western actors, first of all the EU, announcement Lukashenka “persona non-grata”: comparing and extrapolating them to Azerbaijan, and discuss whether Russia will help Lukashenka. They greet release upon 4 years term completion of Fuad Ahmadli of PFP, among others, but decry arrest of the other activists. They also condemn poisoning of Alexei Navalny, share news of arrest of the young writer Karamat  Boyukchol...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 17.08.2020 The events in Belarus occupy main space on FB.The community is trying to assess and predict developments there, actively share updates from the streets of Minsk and news from the other cities and discuss consequences for Azerbaijan. They focus on eventual mobilization of all social circles of Belarus society, including intelligentsia, who was resigning in protest from their jobs and signing appeals, foreign reaction and the leading role of women and young people. The photos with women hugging police in the street were not free from controversy, as in some...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 13.08.2020 Azerbaijani FB space has been dominated by the post-election protests  in Belarus, support and appraisal of the people’s consistent struggle defending their votes,  stress on the role of young people in these protests and perception it as a beginning of the next wave of collapse of dictatorships which will reach Azerbaijan. They continue to discuss the tortures and mistreatment of the detained after 14-15 th July rally, sharing the National Council’s statement urging more decisive international involvement. The policy on pandemic is a continuing topic,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 10.08.2020 The FB community’s leading topic of discussion is the speech of Ilham Aliyev on the 6th August where he criticises the state companies and suggests their privatisation. They question both its motivation, noting an inconsistency of it  and the technical implementation of such reform without proper change of other state institutions and the system overall. The other topic is continued indictments of the opposition activists, including the court hearing of Tofig Yagublu, the severe sentence to the PFP leader’s driver Pasha Umudov of 4 years 6 months, the tortures...


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