FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The system is built in such a way that Ilham Aliyev personally controls all the wealth of this country, and not a single manat can be withdrawn without his permission…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Journalist Hebib Muntazir reports that the employees of the Yasamal District prevented war veteran Vugar Azizov, from selling fruits and vegetables in front of his kiosk in Yeni Yasamal district. They told Azizov that the goods he sold blocked the pavement, to which Azizov responded that the small business was his only source of income....


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The historic decision by the Azeri parliament to open an embassy in Israel is a significant step forward in the relationship between Israel and Azerbaijan...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Amar Huseyn, a resident of Karabaglar village in the Kangarli district of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, was summoned to the police, and 20 tons of grain was taken from his property. According to Huseyn, on the instructions of the executive head of the district, Kemal Alekbarov, they called him a “traitor”, dismissed him first from...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The Russian army fleeing from Kherson cannot and should not keep Karabakh under occupation. The withdrawal of the occupying army from Karabakh should become a national demand.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Activist Mamiyev reports that the political prisoner Lachin Valiyev, who was detained in penal institution number six, was transferred to an isolation cell. According to Mamiyev, Valiyev was insulted and then involved in an argument with another prisoner, after which Valiyev was sent to the isolation cell for punishment and kept...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “We will know the real results of the Sochi meetings in the next two months, especially if the peace agreement is signed...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties The decisions of the appeals and cassation instances in the case of nineteen persons who were arrested in the “Tarter case” and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment for treason and other serious charges were canceled and returned to the appeals court for re-examination. On November 2, those cases were considered at the Ganja Court of Appeals. The long-term prison sentences...


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    FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Ukraine will undoubtedly win, but the withdrawal of the Russians from the Caucasus does not seem realistic...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Activist Aziz Mamiyev who was detained at the rally in Baku last week said that after learning that he was injured as a result of police brutality, the hospital refused to provide him with the test results. Mamiyev’s Facebook post reads: “At the hospital, they did not inform me about the result of the analysis. Imagine, first, they said that according to the results of the ultrasound,...


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