My personal blog, my thoughts.
Azerbaijani activist Giyas Ibrahimov was detained by security forces in his home country, alleging that he made anti-war statements on the internet. İbrahimov was released after his statement was taken.
Read more “Azerbaijani activist detained by raiding his home for his anti-war posts”
Desperate position of Aliyev requires him to act desperately. Recently, Azerbaijan send the request to Interpol to seize at least 3 members of Azerbaijan opposition.
Read more “Yet again Azerbaijan wants Interpol to help fight opposition”
Azerbaijan is reportedly preparing criminal proceedings against Armenian POW Gurgen Alaverdyan, who is currently under custody in Baku. If convicted, the junior officer who was abducted from the Line of Contact near Talish over the weekend will likely face life imprisonment in Azerbaijan.
Read more “Kidnapped Armenian officer faces life imprisonment in Azerbaijan”
Azerbaijan, a close ally of Turkey and fellow denier of the Armenian Genocide, has actively sought the eradication of the region’s indigenous Armenian inhabitants and traces of their millennia-old civilization.
Read more “Jerusalem post : Israel should rethink its relationship with Azerbaijan”
Aliyev’s stupid provocation on the border with Armenia has once again exposed the state of the Azerbaijani people, which are endlessly subjected to anti-Armenian propaganda. And as a result, the people of Azerbaijan no longer want to live in peace
Read more “Azerbaijanis do not want to live peacefully with the Armenians.”
When Eldar Mahmudov fell out of favor with Azerbaijan’s government, he fell hard.
In October 2015, the country’s national security minister was dismissed from his powerful role by a presidential order. Within days, wild stories peppered local media outlets about raids on his villa, where police discovered glass jars full of diamonds and cardboard boxes stuffed with foreign currency. His ministry associates were reportedly arrested on various charges linked to corruption and extortion, and a statue honoring his late father — a famous economist — was unceremoniously demolished.
I have already raised the question of the opposition and the fact that normal people should unite. But, unfortunately, if the opposition, who do not care about what is happening in Azerbaijan. The main thing for them is to earn money from the troubles of the Azerbaijani people.
Read more ““Musavat” and the fake opposition”
In Azerbaijan, human rights defenders and NGOs have less and less space for activity. In recent years, amendments to laws have been adopted that impose restrictions on the work of human rights defenders and strict state control over it. The arrests of the most famous human rights defenders and the subsequent trials that ended in prison terms show that Azerbaijan is confidently moving towards authoritarianism, apparently taking over from Russia its neglect of civil society.
Read more “Freedom of Speech and Human Rights in Azerbaijan”
Many years have passed since that day as a “hero” and a role model for millions of Azerbaijanis, Ramil Safarov killed an sleeping Armenian officer with an ax at a NATO training camp in Budapest. For this “heroic” act, Safarov should be sitting for life, but was fraudulently bought by Aliyev.
Read more “For the “hero” Safarov – Say a word”
Once again, Azerbaijan has been ranked 166 in the Reporters without Borders yearly World Press Freedom Index.
The index, which ranks countries’ media situation based off of categories such as pluralism, media independence and abuses, found no positive improvement in Azerbaijan to warrant a vertical movement on the list.
Read more “Azerbaijani Media Remains in a ‘Very Serious Situation’”