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    Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan: Azerbaijan sends representatives of
    indigenous nations to the line of contact
    23.06.2012 12:51

    Anna Nazaryan
    `Radiolur'

    Azerbaijan declared independence without holding a referendum, as it
    was afraid of the reaction of the indigenous nations living on its
    territory. Despite the Azerbaijani pressures, under the conditions of
    Internet accessibility those nations manage to express their protest
    against the posture of Azerbaijani authorities.

    Azerbaijan deliberately persecutes all those who dare express their
    protest and hint that Armenians should not be conceived as rivals.
    Azerbaijanis send representatives of those indigenous nations to the
    line of contact, which is a purposeful step. Thus, Azerbaijan makes
    its enemies clash with its other, and makes this serve its interests.

    Political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan draws attention to the
    fact that event the word `Talish' is banned in Azerbaijan, and recalls
    that last year the leaders of the indigenous nations urged their youth
    not to go to the line of contact and not to fight against Armenians.

    The indigenous nations living in Azerbaijan demand autonomy inside the
    country. Moreover, a few days ago the issue of independence of
    indigenous nations was raised at a conference at Moscow's President
    Hotel. The statement was met with ovations in Moscow and with arrests
    in Baku.

    Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan is assured that escalation is inevitable. The
    political scientist keeps in touch with representatives of indigenous
    nations of Azerbaijan and convenes periodic discussions. He suggests
    opening of representations of Azerbaijan's indigenous nations in
    Armenia.

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      Baku confesses no Azeri state existed before 1918 Soviet Power

      From: Mihran Keheyian <[email protected]>
      Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:43:54 PDT
      Baku confesses no Azeri state existed before 1918 Soviet Power

      July 21, 2012 - 16:06 AMT

      PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijanis are a young nation, author of an
      article published in Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, Daria Aslamova
      wrote, citing Azerbaijani politicians.

      `We are a young nation. If only a century ago a Baku-based person was
      asked about his nationality, the answer would be: Muslim, later Tatar.
      The identity of `Azerbaijanis' was thought up in the Soviet Union,'
      Azeri political analyst Ilgar Mammadov said.

      Another political expert Zardusht Alizadeh, in turn, noted, `There is
      a common myth in our country about a powerful Azerbaijan, which was
      allegedly divided between Russia and Persia. However, according to
      every encyclopedia, small vassal khanates of Qajar dynasty (of Turkic
      origin) resided in the territory. With an internal strife breaking out
      in Iran, our khans resolved to grab the chance and declare
      independence. However, after acknowledging the futility of waging a
      struggle against the Persian shah, they addressed Empress Catherine II
      with a letter, expressing willingness to go under her control. As a
      result of our khans' rebels and Russo-Persian wars, Turkmanchai treaty
      was signed in 1828, leaving the territories of present-day Azerbaijan
      and Armenia under Russia's control. Thus, no Azeri state existed
      before the Soviet power was shaped in 1918.'

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        Ilham Aliyev: Former, Current and Future President of Azerbaijan?
        July 24, 2012 - 11:37am, by Giorgi Lomsadze


        Azerbaijan’s ruling party announced today that their leader, President Ilham Aliyev, will run for a third term in 2013. Now who saw that coming?

        The nomination was "definite," solemnly declared Ali Ahmedov, the executive secretary for Yeni Azerbaijan Party, as if the matter had not been as clear as day ever since Aliyev assumed the presidency in 2003.

        Several days ago, Aliyev's opponents had argued that preventing the president from seeking reelection would be key to leveling the field for the 2013 vote.

        “If Ilham Aliyev runs for the third time, there will be no room for a fair election,” Kavkazsky Uzel reported Panah Huseynov, one of the coordinators of the Public Chamber movement, as saying.

        But running forever runs in the Aliyev family. Ilham Aliyev all but inherited the presidency from his late, glorified father Heydar Aliyev, who died a president. And when it comes to holding on to power, Ilham is his father’s son.

        For now, the opposition’s plan is to mount a public push for democratization and to appeal to the international community for help. But the Aliyev government has shown in the past its taste for crackdowns, and Western governments, their eyes both on Azerbaijan's energy resources and its strategic proximity to Iran, usually do little more than wag a finger at Aliyev’s authoritarian practices.

        Looks like the opposition strategists will need to think creatively if they don’t want to see another “definite” result in 2013.

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          Originally posted by Mher View Post
          http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65701

          Ilham Aliyev: Former, Current and Future President of Azerbaijan?
          July 24, 2012 - 11:37am, by Giorgi Lomsadze


          Azerbaijan’s ruling party announced today that their leader, President Ilham Aliyev, will run for a third term in 2013. Now who saw that coming?

          The nomination was "definite," solemnly declared Ali Ahmedov, the executive secretary for Yeni Azerbaijan Party, as if the matter had not been as clear as day ever since Aliyev assumed the presidency in 2003.

          Several days ago, Aliyev's opponents had argued that preventing the president from seeking reelection would be key to leveling the field for the 2013 vote.

          “If Ilham Aliyev runs for the third time, there will be no room for a fair election,” Kavkazsky Uzel reported Panah Huseynov, one of the coordinators of the Public Chamber movement, as saying.

          But running forever runs in the Aliyev family. Ilham Aliyev all but inherited the presidency from his late, glorified father Heydar Aliyev, who died a president. And when it comes to holding on to power, Ilham is his father’s son.

          For now, the opposition’s plan is to mount a public push for democratization and to appeal to the international community for help. But the Aliyev government has shown in the past its taste for crackdowns, and Western governments, their eyes both on Azerbaijan's energy resources and its strategic proximity to Iran, usually do little more than wag a finger at Aliyev’s authoritarian practices.

          Looks like the opposition strategists will need to think creatively if they don’t want to see another “definite” result in 2013.
          I think everyone saw this coming, he is a dictator after all.

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            I cant stop laughing.

            Colombia Reports
            Oct 16 2012


            Shakira causes a stir after flag blunder .


            Tuesday, 16 October 2012 13:53 Simon Willis

            Shakira caused a shock at an international soccer tournament in
            Azerbaijan Saturday as she mistakenly held up a Colombian flag upside
            down giving the impression it was the flag from Armenia, a country
            which has had a long-standing feud with the host nation.

            The Colombian singer took to the stage before the FIFA Under 17
            Women's World Cup Final between France and Korea in Baku, Azerbaijan,
            for the first time since the announcement of her pregnancy.

            She was dressed all in black and displaying what she thought was her
            native Colombian flag. However the flag, turned backwards, represents
            Armenia due to it having the same colors - red, yellow and blue - as
            Colombia.

            The mistake may have gone un-reported or even un-noticed had it not
            represented a country which has maintained a religious and ethnic
            conflict with Azerbaijan for just under a decade.

            It is not the first time the pop star has dropped a clanger in public.
            Earlier in the year she sang the incorrect lyrics to the Colombian
            national anthem at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena.

            The blunder sent shock-waves throughout social media sites like
            Twitter and Facebook, with many Colombians criticizing the artist for
            not spending enough time in her homeland.

            Time will only tell if this latest faux pas will bring an equivalent
            response in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

            Hayastan or Bust.

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              hahahahahaha what are the chances
              what a great start to the morning

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                Azerbaijan: How to Measure Free Speech on the Internet?
                November 13, 2012 - 2:36pm, by Shahin Abbasov Azerbaijan EurasiaNet's Weekly Digest Azerbaijani Politics New Media Press Freedom


                Baku hosted the UN Internet Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan, with more than 1,600 delegates from 128 countries attending the four-day event. Civil society activists argue that the country’s struggle for online freedom of expression should not be forgotten despite Azerbaijan being selected to hold the annual global conference. (Photo: UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz)
                Civil society activists in Azerbaijan are trying to push back against government efforts to restrict space for public debate. And they’re hoping a recent global Internet forum in Baku will expand international support for their cause.

                The United Nation’s Internet Governance Forum, held in the Azerbaijani capital November 6-9, brought together more than 1,500 government officials, business executives, international organization representatives and civil-society activists from more than 100 countries. They discussed a wide variety of web-related issues, including Internet security, copyright laws and online eavesdropping.

                In the coming weeks and months, rights activists in Azerbaijan hope the forum will prove a catalyst for broader international discussion about what they contend are government policies designed to stifle free speech. “If not for the IGF (Internet Governance Forum), we would not be able to attract so much international attention to problems with Internet-freedom in Azerbaijan,” said Rasul Jafarov, the director of the Baku-based Human Rights Club, part of the Expression Online Initiative, a non-governmental coalition.

                The Internet emerged in 2009 as a new front in an ongoing free-speech battle, following the imprisonment of two video bloggers who posted a clip online that portrayed President Ilham Aliyev as a donkey. Over the past year or so, authorities have struggled to contain flash-protests whipped up via the social network Facebook. In a report distributed at the Forum, the Expression Online Initiative ranked the country as “partly free.”

                While the Azerbaijani government may not block access to websites or social networks, noted Jafarov, “there is a serious problem with content regulation and [governmental] monitoring of email correspondence, social-network content and websites.”

                Such “shadow” pressure prompts many Azerbaijanis to censor themselves online, he continued. “They are afraid to post critical stuff online [so as] not to be summoned to the Ministry of National Security and have other problems,” he said.

                Media lawyer Alasgar Mammadli, a board member of the watchdog Azerbaijan Internet Forum, agreed. “People are afraid even to ‘like’ a cartoon about the president posted on Facebook,” Mammadli said. “The right to host the IGF does not mean that the country has a free Internet.”

                Authorities defend their record by emphasizing quantity over quality when it comes to the Internet.

                In an official letter to the Forum, President Aliyev argued that since 65 percent of the country’s 9.16 million citizens were online, Azerbaijan’s approach toward the Internet should be deemed free. Aliyev, writing in general terms, also credited the “the global network” for encouraging “freedom of speech on the Internet, the widening of social networks, [and] ensuring the open and transparent activity of government.”

                At the forum, Communications and Information Technologies Minister Ali Abbasov said the government plans to spend over $500 million installing fiber-optic cables and satellite communications.

                Both Jafarov and Mammadli acknowledged that the government has made progress in widening Internet access: prices have fallen significantly – from about 500 manats ($700) per month for unlimited, high-speed access in 2008 to about 10 manats ($12) today. But expanded web access should not be conflated with freer speech, they added.

                Forum participants from the European Union and elsewhere tended to agree with civil society activists. At a November 7 news conference, European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes took Azerbaijan to task, citing the Azerbaijani public’s fear of speaking out freely online. Free speech and fear are incompatible, she indicated. “It is not a democracy, but an imitation,” Kroes said.

                Senior presidential aide Elnur Aslanov dismissed Kroes’ criticism as “biased,” in comments distributed by the 1news.az website.

                Kroes also called for the release of five Azerbaijanis currently in prison (Nijat Aliyev, Faramaz Allahverdiyev, Vugar Gonagov, Zaur Guliyev and Taleh Hasmammadov) on charges related, or claimed to be related, to their online activities. Separate calls for the release of the five were issued by Council of Europe Commissioner on Human Rights Nils Muižnieks and the OSCE’s Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović. The government did not respond directly to the calls. Alsanov maintained that Azerbaijanis are not persecuted for expression of their opinions online.

                On November 9, Ryan Heath, an aide to Kroes, alleged that someone had hacked into his laptop during the Forum. "It is consistent with the observations that have been made by [the European Commission] in connection with the freedom of the Internet in Azerbaijan,” Heath said about the episode during an interview with Radio Azadlig, the Azeri-language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. No information was stolen, and he did not identify a possible perpetrator.

                A spokesperson for the Ministry of Communications said the ministry had “heard about” Heath’s complaint, but did “not have any information about it.”

                Jafarov and other Azerbaijani activists say European officials need to keep a close eye on Azerbaijan’s Internet situation, and to speak out when they notice government overreaching. “Otherwise, nothing will change,” Jafarov said.

                Editor's note: Shahin Abbasov is a freelance reporter based in Baku.

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                  Police disperses opposition rally in Azerbaijan

                  November 17, 2012 - 18:45 AMT

                  PanARMENIAN.Net - About 20 people were detained in Baku on Saturday when police dispersed an unauthorized opposition rally in Azerbaijan’s capital calling for the dissolution of parliament, RIA Novosti reported.

                  The rally, organized by the youth wings of the Musavat and the Popular Front opposition parties, chanted slogans: “Resign!” and “Freedom!”

                  The protests are linked to a video released in late September, purportedly showing a ruling-party MP offering a seat in parliament in return for a $1 million bribe.

                  The Baku City Prosecutor’s Office has launched criminal proceedings into the case on “fraud” charges.

                  The first protest rally was held on October 20, when about 40 opposition activists were detained.

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                    Aliyev Named Most Corrupt ‘Person of the Year’

                    BUCHAREST—Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has won the first ever Organized Crime and Corruption Person of the Year bestowed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

                    The award is given for the person who figured prominently in 2012 on stories on crime and corruption in its coverage area. Aliyev was chosen because of new revelations this year about how his family had taken large shares in lucrative industries including the telecom, minerals and construction industries often through government related deals.

                    The award is chosen by 60 reporters and 15 news organizations that make up the OCCRP consortium. Runners-up included Albanian drug lord Naser Kelmendi, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

                    “2012 was a banner year for those of us who cover organized crime and corruption,” said OCCRP editor Drew Sullivan. “It’s a growth industry around the world and we expect a lot of work next year as well.”

                    OCCRP, based in Sarajevo and Bucharest, is a non-profit, consortium of independent investigative centers, media outlets and investigative journalists from 20 countries. Its purpose is to educate readers worldwide on how organized crime and corruption works. Click here to read the full report (OCCRP).

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                      Azerbaijan Vows to Take On Armenian "Cuisine Plagiarism"

                      Azerbaijan may be surrounded by simmering geopolitical crises, but the country's Ministry of National Security knows what the real challenge facing the country is: Armenian "plagiarism" of Azeri national cuisine. The ministry, which is responsible for Azerbaijan's intelligence and counter-intelligence efforts, recently unveiled "Three Points," a documentary it was involved in making which, as one Azeri website described it, is "about the Armenian plagiarism of the Azerbaijani national cuisine and historical realities." The Trend.Az website reports on the film's recent Baku premiere, held at the ministry's "Cultural Center":

                      In his speech, Chief of the National Security Ministry's office, Major General Farhad Vakhabov stressed that Armenians not only occupied Azerbaijani lands, destroyed cultural and historical monuments in the occupied territories, but also change the place names, misappropriate Azerbaijani national values - folklore, gastronomy, music, presenting it as their own to the world public.

                      "The National Security Ministry, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Copyright Agency and other relevant bodies are fighting this phenomenon hard," he said.

                      Farhad Vakhabov said that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva have a special role in promoting and developing the national values.

                      Head of "Azad Azerbaycan" TV and Radio Company Vugar Garadaghli said that the project aims to inform the world community about the true essence of the Armenian plagiarism regarding Azerbaijani national cuisine and historical realities.

                      The Ministry of National Security's involvement in protecting Azerbaijan's cuisine from Armenian "theft" is perhaps not so surprising. As described in a previous post, Azerbaijan has already established a governmental organization called the National Cuisine Center, a kind of culinary watchdog whose main mission it appears is to be on the lookout for Armenian efforts to claim Azeri dishes as their own. It's an effort that Azeri officials apparently believe deserves even more resources devoted to it.
                      Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
                      Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
                      Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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