FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Erdogan is exaggerating Ilham Aliyev's closeness to Putin as a mediator, sending a message to the West that "you should look at his regime through the prism of geopolitics and security, not in the context of human rights and democracy.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Political prisoner Niyamaddin Ahmadov, who is on a hunger strike, was subjected to torture, according to his family. Ahmadov’s father, Arif Ahmadov told Azadlig newspaper that in a brief telephone conversation with his father, Niyamaddin Ahmadov said that...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The Declaration of Alliance signed by Ilham Aliyev two days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine could create not only political but also serious economic problems for Azerbaijan.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Niyameddin Ahmadov, the bodyguard of the chairman of the Popular Front Party, Ali Karimli, has started a hunger strike in prison. Ahmadov was sentenced to 13 years in jail on trumped-up charges. After announcing his hunger strike, he was immediately placed in solitary confinement, known as a torture cell. Ahmadov...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The reason why Russia acts so violently is that historically speaking, Russia has never been punished for its crimes.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Telebe Guc Merkezi (The Student Power Center) shared a statement that a group of professors at Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University (ASPU) planned a provocation against the organization's board member Shams Abdulrahimli. TGM said in a statement that Shams Abdulrahimli was targeted for criticizing the internal conflicts at the Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University. According...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Those who were looking for the 5th column in Azerbaijan were the 5th column of Russia in our country.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Lawyer Rufat Safarov reports that seven street sweepers in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic were detained for 15 days after complaining about the work conditions. Safarov added that considering the previous cases, the sweepers are more likely to be tortured while in detention. Meydan TV reports that a trans woman Aydan Pashayeva has been in the intensive care unit of Central Hospital...


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      FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Russia will drag the countries in its orbit into recession.” The situation in Karabakh region: EU parliament’s new resolution, shootings, and peace negotiations The European Parliament has adopted a resolution that “strongly condemns Azerbaijan’s continued policy of erasing and denying the Armenian cultural heritage in and around Nagorno-Karabakh region”. The Committee for International and Inter-Parliamentary Relations of the Azerbaijani parliament has condemned the EU resolution, calling it “yet another biased...


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