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Return of Ramil Safarov
The world chooses who gets the “damaged image” and who doesn’t.
For centuries the west committed atrocities and continued wars across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, murdering thousands of innocents and got out without a drop of responsibility and “damage to their image.”
But when a crazy man flies into a building (keep in mind for his own political and radical agendas) he stigmatizes the whole religious faith. And when one man gets extradited and freed for an act committed as a result of a direct provocation, it creates an unbelievable upheaval in the political arena around the world. (more…)
Support Eurovision 2013 in Azerbaijan
We need your support!
Dear friends,
Azerbaijan will host on the 22-26 May 2012 the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Many world medias, they published videos, articles about Azerbaijan’s realities.
This song contest is very important for to show authoritarian and corrupt regime to world.
We are inviting you to vote Azerbaijan for re-organise next Eurovision in Baku and for to share all informations about Azerbaijan’s realities. (more…)
Assault on Citizenship
In free societies citizenship is a privilege.
Since the era of the ancient Greeks, citizens held the highest esteem in the society.
This tradition was transformed into the period of the Roman Empire and continues in the modern free societies of the world.
Being a citizen comes with distinct rights and responsibilities for the individual. The identity of a Greek and Roman citizenry was conspicuously different from a non-citizen giving a distinct meaning to the concept of citizenship. Individuals living in Greek, Roman, even the Islamic societies aspired to acquire the status of citizenship in those states.
At the time of Muslim conquest of Europe citizens practiced far better rights and responsibilities than the non-citizens. Even then obtaining citizenship in those states required much effort and struggle. As in most cases citizenship was passed down through heredity, it was nearly impossible to attain such privilege. (more…)
Collective Punishment
Exercise of Collective Punishment
Who are we?
As people, as citizens of a country what are we? How can we define ourselves? Each time I raise the question I am not able to come up with a definite answer.
I realize if I can’t define us, how am I able to describe us to others. Well, I can describe events in our long history, attributes of our versatile culture and multifaceted society.
But does that really define who we are? Perhaps in reality we are not anything. The problem is that constantly we are defined by somebody else. It has been a common occurrence for centuries to our people to be defined by anyone but ourselves.
Defining us, telling us who we are.
We are Muslims, we are communists, we are Asiatics, we are Europeans, we are… (more…)
Occupy Movement
The Occupy Movement, the Global Revolution.
What are we waiting for?
Some have said that, according to Mayan calendar, the 2012 is the year that the world will come to an end.
Although people have been claiming this occurrence for years, even centuries, the events throughout the world in the past years fairly validates this claim, as the escalating incidents around the world might justifiably resemble an apocalypse.
Although like the creatures of habit, people are used to interpret everything literally, I believe Mayans have meant much profound, perhaps much potent implication to this event describing a devastation.
As known to the Mayans, it is a law of nature that after devastations, there comes a renewal, regeneration and rebirth. (more…)
A Call to Freedom!
Close your eyes. Then point a finger at a globe. Open them again. What do you see?
Most likely the place you are pointing at is a dictatorship.
There are 193 sovereign United Nations member states in the world. Yet the majority of these states demonstrate limited political and civil freedoms.
Most of them are led by oligarchs or as I call them, oli-Ogres who were not chosen in transparent elections. Many of them have repressive state security apparatus and countless political prisoners. (more…)
Unmodest Proposal
or Comb For a Beard
It is a miserable sight to those who read about this beautiful ancient country of Azerbaijan to be subjected to an appalling and uninvited sight in the cyber postings of the youth over Facebook and Twitter that rave about the arrested youth, fraudulent elections or biased national media.
Instead of focusing on important subjects, these so called cyber activists are forced to employ all there time to rant about ridiculous themes like freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, freedom of the press or freedom to practice one’s religion.
Let’s face it, who really needs these alleged fundamental rights? Will they provide food for the hungry or shelter for the poor? (more…)
R.I.P. – STEVE JOBS
One dies, Millions Cry. Millions die, No-one Cries.
We remember your Memory:
• A ‘Genius’ whose Global Empire was literally built on the back of Underage Chinese Slave Labour working in horrific conditions. Some were driven to SUICIDE.
• Your fearsome Legal & Private Security Team that ANNIHILATED smaller prey.
• Oligarchal Power/Bilderberger Elitist Ruthlessly Striving for Global Domination (more…)
Azerbaijan’s Facebook Dissident
Elnur Majidli a Strasbourg-based blogger and internet activist has been threatened with a 12 year jail sentence for ‘inciting hatred’. Index on Censorship’s Mike Harris interviewed Elnur at the Council of Europe as part of Index and the International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan’s lobbying efforts
Sitting in a coffee shop at the Council of Europe, Elnur Majidli proudly shows off on his netbook the Facebook groups that started the rare public protests in Azerbaijan on 11 March — “the Great People’s Day” — and are now being used to organise further protests.
Tens of thousands of Azerbaijani citizens are members of the groups that Elnur administers, which has led the Ministry of Security to set-up a special Facebook team to monitor web activists. (more…)
Bakhtiyar Hajiyev arrested
URGENT/Harvard Alumni, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev/Arrested, tortured and threatened to be raped by police
Case of: Blogger, Harvard Alumni, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev
Arrested, tortured and threatened to be raped by police
Alumni (MPP 2009) of John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Mr. Bakhtiyar Hajiyev was arrested on March 4 for blogging on Facebook against the corruption, opression and violations of human rights by the autoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. (more…)
In case you were wondering… a little bit on March 11
It has been few days now that a group called “March 11- great nation day” was created on Facebook.
A group of over 20,000 active Facebook users were informed of its purpose. The creator of the group, Elnur Majidli who currently lives in France and is also the founder of European Azerbaijanis for Democracy organization says the aim of this group is to break mass hopelessness:
“The date March 11 was picked purely by coincidence. But it also coincides with Mubarak’s resignation marking exactly one month. On February 11th, Jabbar Savalan was arrested on charges of drug possession (that were planted on him) shortly after his call to people to come together at Freedom Square. On February 11th, while Jabbar was in prison, in Egypt, a dictator fell”. (more…)
The (Middle)East awakens?
Who is Next?
The Arab world is undergoing a remarkable winter uprising.
Unlike, the social revolutions of yesteryear, which were framed in the context of radical ideologies against a socio-economic elite, the revolts in the Arab street lack a clear ideological foundation and are spontaneous uprisings against the excesses of the state, lack of good governance, rule of law and accountability.
The common denominator between Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria and Jordan is the inability of their regimes to promulgate real meaningful political and economic reforms. (more…)
Freedom is not Free
What Price Freedom?
It is what we cannot buy, but what we earn,
But tell me please, from it, what do we learn?
Freedom is not free, it only means ‘to be free’,
If freedom is not free, then can anyone tell me what’s the fee? (more…)
Free Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli!
Show Your Support!
Dear Secretary Clinton,
In anticipation of your upcoming visit to Azerbaijan, we would like to bring to your attention the case of the imprisoned Azerbaijani bloggers Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli (Abdullayev) who are still held behind bars under falsified “hooliganism” charges, paying a high price for their civic activism and pro-democracy views. (more…)
What Is It?
The secret police of Azerbaijan
This morning at 5 am at the airport in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Norwegian journalist Erling Borgen and his cameraman, Dag Inge Dahl, wassurrounded by aggressive security personell.
They stole important documents from the Norwegian filmmaker.
They also stole and confiscated Mr. Borgens hard disk with six days of filming. (more…)
MeDemocracy
Understanding Media and Democracy
Guy Berger, 30 November 2001
Background:
Many African broadcasters enjoyed a brief moment in the sun in the first multi-party elections of the late 20th century, but new governments – despite promises of allowing true democratic public service broadcasting – soon took control – repeating the pattern of their predecessors. As a result, broadcast journalists found themselves under severe political pressures to become government mouthpieces once again. (more…)
Dynasty and Democracy in Azerbaijan
The Referendum Abolishing Presidential Term Limits
Speech at Columbia University , by Emin Milli
15 April, 2009
Dear professor Mitchel, I would like to thank you, Columbia University and Harriman Institute for showing interest in the latest developments in Azerbaijan. In January when I have organized and participated in protest against this referendum in front of UN, one of the closest members of my family was fired from his job. He was told that he is relative of the enemy of the state. (more…)
Do, Buy!
Do, Buy!
What do buy…….?
When do buy……?
Where do buy…..?
Why do buy……..?
Don’t say lie…. (more…)
Bad things happen when empires fall apart
Harking back to Armenia in 1915 will only drive modern Turkey into China’s arms
The best thing said about the Armenian tragedy was a sermon delivered in the main church in Constantinople in 1894, more than 20 years before it happened. Patriarch Ashikyan had this to say: “We have lived with the Turks for a thousand years, have greatly flourished, are nowhere in this empire in a majority of the population. If the nationalists go on like this [they had started a terrorist campaign] they will ruin the nation.”
That Patriarch was quite right, and the nationalists shot him (and many other notables who were saying the same thing). (more…)
Elec…tions
Azerbaijan: Violations reported as parliamentary elections approach
As parliamentary elections approach in Azerbaijan, candidates go through the final registration process.
However, the process has not been without allegations of violations and the frustration not only of candidates, but also of observers and local activists. (more…)
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04/10/2010 at 04:51 5 şərh