FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “I have no expectations from the court, as there is no fair court in Azerbaijan, and judges follow political orders…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms An arrest warrant was issued for Tofig Yagublu, a member of the National Council and Musavat Party. On December 15, the Narimanov District Court reviewed the prosecutor's submission for his detention during the investigation period. Judge Gultekin Asadova presided over the trail, and a 4-month pretrial detention measure was chosen for Tofig Yagublu for the initial investigation period. Facing charges...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The relationship between the government and the opposition is that of the oppressor and the oppressed...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Human rights defender Rufat Safarov says that the imprisoned member of the Board of Directors of the D18 Movement, Afiaddin Mammadov, was threatened with rape at the police station. Rovshan Mammadov, who was detained on November 11 during the rally held by the APFP, was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment. Meydan TV interviewed Mammadov’s wife, who said that since the arrest of her husband, it has become...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI       FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “As a nation, the best way to avoid responsibility is to take refuge in the mythical power of geopolitics, the myths of conspiracy theories....” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Azadliq newspaper reports that APFP member Natalia Iorina filed a complaint to the prosecutor's office. However, instead of listening to her complaint, she was taken to the 9th police station. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic, calls for changes to new media law. In a letter...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 23.09.2021 “….The petro-dollars were spent for buying off corrupt and unprincipled people in Europe, renovation of the historical sites and parks there and Lukashenka’s regime…” Post-conflict situation. The e-media discusses the planned meeting of Erdogan with Putin, the Iran’s military exersises on the state borders, and “peacekeepers’ occupying activities”  in Karabagh. The Osmangizi TV’s experts  report that Ilham Aliyev was the first to congratulate Putin with elections, and express strong dissatisfaction with it, taking into account number...


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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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