FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 25.06.2020 FB users commemorated birthday of the first democratically elected president of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Elchibey, discussed the course of pandemic, social-economic crisis, corruption and nepotism of the official elite, persecution of activists, Putin’s Constitutional changes. The activists, journalists, bloggers, politicians commemorate the birthday of Elchibey -the first democratically elected president of post-Soviet Azerbaijan. The political and civic leaders posted the tribute to the president, who was in office only 1 year 1992-1993 but left an important...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 22.06.2020 The most popular topics these days were the situation with pandemic in the country and incapacity of the health system to cope with it, incident on Russia-Azerbaijan border, corruption, persecution of activists, including detention ( and by now release)  of Bakhtiyar Hadjiyev  and extension of detention for Tofig Yagublu, intra-elite struggle – the wave of criticism against Ramiz Mehdiyev, women’s rights. The Fb users comment on incapacity of the system to cope with the challenges of pandemic, that if the government did nothing it would...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 18.06.2020 These days the incident on the Azerbaijan - Russia (Dagestan) borders is in the center of attention, along with failure of the national health system to deal with the peak of pandemic in the country, its connection with corruption, persecution of activists, social-economic policies of the government. Social networks are full of images of hundreds of Azerbaijanis stuck on the Russia- Azerbaijan border in Dagestan, lying on the ground with tied hands behind. The information that Azerbaijan will receive only 120-150 people of more than 600 who has been rough...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 15.06.2020  The FB users continue to discuss the events of last weekend in Yasamal, the surge of infected and problems in health system in connection with it, the pressure on activists, the corruption of bureaucrats, relations within the opposition camp, the official “Day of Revival”, the Karabagh issue. The police violence during the weekend 5-8 June remains one of the hottest topics on FB. Altay Geyushov  comments on the Yasamal events, that it revealed that the tactic- “ I do not see anything, do my own business, do not get involved in politics, hide quietly...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 11.06.2020 The central topics these days were police violence in Yasamal district last weekend, continued attempts to deepen frictions within opposition with the help of leaked videos, human rights violations and persecution of activists, the roof protest action of Giyas Ibrahimov ( Giya Sol) , the new government decree about criminal liability for violation of the quarantine rules,  new cases of domestic violence in Kurdamir region. The activists and journalists continue to discuss the police violence against the people who threw garbage on the police car.  Khadija...


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