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July 19th, 2009

Azerbaijan: Activists' support site goes down

Ali S. Novruzov · 09:10 · Central Asia & Caucasus

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Yesterday, as Önər Blog [AZ] reported, the Appellate Court in Baku was to consider again the case of Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, the recently beaten and detained youth activists and bloggers sentenced last week. Yesterday, however, one of the main websites created in their defense went down. 2 comments · read »

July 13th, 2009

Azerbaijan: Last tweet before arrest

Ali S. Novruzov · 09:23 · Central Asia & Caucasus

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Emin Milli, one of two youth and civil society activists severly beaten and jailed for two months for hooliganism in Baku last week, sent a tweet back on 24th June. Not only was it the last before his arrest, but it was also particularly poignant. 0 comments · read »

July 8th, 2009

Azerbaijan: Youth activists and bloggers beaten and detained

Ali S. Novruzov · 23:11, July 8th, 2009 · Central Asia & Caucasus

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Emin Milli, one of the founders of AN Network, a grassroots youth movement and Adnan Hadji-zadeh, a videoblogger from OL! Youth Movement have been severely beaten by unidentified persons while dining with a group of other civil society and youth activists in a restaurant in downtown Baku. 23 comments · read »

June 1st, 2009

Central Asia & Caucasus

Nigar [RU]] and Jja_verner [RU] report that Yana Kandova, chairwoman of the Baku Club of Science Fiction Authors and herself a blogger, has passed away at the age of 30 from heart disease. Her works can be accessed online here [RU].

April 18th, 2009

Azerbaijan: Youth activist expelled from university

Ali S. Novruzov · 13:53 · Central Asia & Caucasus

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According to information spread by the Dalga Youth Movement, Parviz Azimov, the head of its Southern Regional Office, has been expelled from university. Both inside and outside Azerbaijan, bloggers are concerned by the action taken against the student activist. 8 comments · read »

March 19th, 2009

Azerbaijan: Bloggers react to controversial referendum

Ali S. Novruzov · 09:44, March 19th, 2009 · Central Asia & Caucasus

Yesterday Azerbaijan went to the polls to vote on amendments to the country's constitution less than six months after its president, Ilham Aliyev, won re-election to a second term in office. With the changes — and especially one lifting the two-term limit on the presidency — stirring up controversy from the very beginning, local and foreign bloggers alike comment on the conduct and outcome of the referendum. 6 comments · read »