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Azerbaijan: Hope

Monday, October 26th, 2009 @ 23:43 UTC

by Onnik Krikorian

Countries:: Azerbaijan
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Internet & Telecoms, Youth
Languages:: English

Writing on Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines on the eve of their next court hearing, Arzu Geybullayeva says she still hopes that detained video bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli will be released. She also says that the two online youth activists are an example to others and believes that that the situation in Azerbaijan will improve whatever happens.

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Paul Harper

Onnik,

I just wanted to thank you & Arzu for keeping this story alive & in the public conscience.

Sometimes, it is easy to forget the basic principles of human rights that we enjoy on a daily basis.

# 2009-10-27 at 6:16 am

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