najmin kamilsoy
@knecmin.bsky.social
dr. public and social policy @charlesuni.cuni.cz / south caucasus / international development, civil society, authoritarian policy-making
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Georgian Dream rolled out new series of restrictions, extending scope of "grants" needing government approval, introducing jail sentences for grants-related offences, announcing bans on party membership, and criminalizing "external lobbying," among others:
GD Announces New Restrictions on Receiving Grants, Party Membership, ‘External Lobbying’ - Civil Georgia
The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced a series of legislative amendments that would impose f
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January 28, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Georgian Dream rolled out new series of restrictions, extending scope of "grants" needing government approval, introducing jail sentences for grants-related offences, announcing bans on party membership, and criminalizing "external lobbying," among others:
"In Azerbaijan, research is a risky activity, and it is deemed high treason. This is what happened to Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov.”
Watch the European Parliament discussion on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan (started at 20:26):
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Watch the European Parliament discussion on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan (started at 20:26):
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Plenary Session - Multimedia Centre
The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"In Azerbaijan, research is a risky activity, and it is deemed high treason. This is what happened to Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov.”
Watch the European Parliament discussion on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan (started at 20:26):
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Watch the European Parliament discussion on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan (started at 20:26):
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
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The European Parliament is to debate a new resolution on the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan this week 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
@europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEAS’ engagement with Azerbaijan.
➡️ Learn more free-anar.site/the-european...
@europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEAS’ engagement with Azerbaijan.
➡️ Learn more free-anar.site/the-european...
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The European Parliament is to debate a new resolution on the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan this week 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
@europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEAS’ engagement with Azerbaijan.
➡️ Learn more free-anar.site/the-european...
@europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEAS’ engagement with Azerbaijan.
➡️ Learn more free-anar.site/the-european...
A new report tracks and documents how the European Union is trading away its principles for energy and connectivity with Azerbaijan
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@endrepression-az.org
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@endrepression-az.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A new report tracks and documents how the European Union is trading away its principles for energy and connectivity with Azerbaijan
free-anar.site/wp-content/u...
@endrepression-az.org
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@endrepression-az.org
Azerbaijan's main opposition leader Ali Karimli & his advisor Mammad Ibrahim have been sentenced to 2.5 months pretrial detention over "attempting to violently seize power" - with no credible evidence. Done by the EU-emboldened regime hostile to its own society. www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/69982
A Baku court has placed Ali Karimli under arrest.
A Baku court has ordered pretrial detention for Ali Karimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, accused of committing acts aimed at the violent seizure of power. The PFPA has denied the ...
www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Azerbaijan's main opposition leader Ali Karimli & his advisor Mammad Ibrahim have been sentenced to 2.5 months pretrial detention over "attempting to violently seize power" - with no credible evidence. Done by the EU-emboldened regime hostile to its own society. www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/69982
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1/ According to a BBC investigation, a toxic compound used in World War I, “camite,” was used to disperse demonstrators at protests in Georgia in November–December 2024. It was mixed with the water used in the cannons.
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
1/ According to a BBC investigation, a toxic compound used in World War I, “camite,” was used to disperse demonstrators at protests in Georgia in November–December 2024. It was mixed with the water used in the cannons.
Washinton Post reporting on the arrest of Ali Karimli: www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
Opposition leader detained in Azerbaijan's continuing crackdown on dissent
Azerbaijani authorities have detained opposition leader Ali Karimli, according to his adviser
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Washinton Post reporting on the arrest of Ali Karimli: www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
It is day 2 of detention of Azerbaijan's main opposition leader Ali Karimli by security services. He is reportedly charged with attempting to violently seize power. Officials & media push narrative of his links to Russia, presumably to get societal & Western acquiescence for crackdown on the party.
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It is day 2 of detention of Azerbaijan's main opposition leader Ali Karimli by security services. He is reportedly charged with attempting to violently seize power. Officials & media push narrative of his links to Russia, presumably to get societal & Western acquiescence for crackdown on the party.
Reuters report on the detention of Ali Karimli, leader of Azerbaijan’s single largest opposition party Popular Front:
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Azerbaijani police raid home of leading opposition figure amid coup attempt probe
Police in Azerbaijan conducted a search on Saturday at the home of Ali Karimli, the leader of one of the country's main opposition parties, amid a widening probe into a suspected coup attempt to oust ...
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reuters report on the detention of Ali Karimli, leader of Azerbaijan’s single largest opposition party Popular Front:
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Let’s see which EU country will be the first to reward it by another energy contract.
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Let’s see which EU country will be the first to reward it by another energy contract.
Azerbaijan arrests main opposition leader Ali Karimli, his advisor Mammad Ibrahim and several other associates. This will effectively end any non-systemic opposition presence in the country, following total eradication of independent media & civic organizations. Towards full-fledged totalitarianism.
We are extremely concerned about today’s actions lead by the National Security Agency against the leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Ali Karimli 🇦🇿
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Azerbaijan arrests main opposition leader Ali Karimli, his advisor Mammad Ibrahim and several other associates. This will effectively end any non-systemic opposition presence in the country, following total eradication of independent media & civic organizations. Towards full-fledged totalitarianism.
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Azerbaijan isn’t just silencing critics at home — it’s reaching abroad. Exiled journalists, analysts & activists are being targeted with arrest warrants and trumped-up charges. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... Baku should #StopTransnationalRepression, says @hrw
https://hrw.org/news/2025/11/2…
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Azerbaijan isn’t just silencing critics at home — it’s reaching abroad. Exiled journalists, analysts & activists are being targeted with arrest warrants and trumped-up charges. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... Baku should #StopTransnationalRepression, says @hrw
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Azerbaijan’s presidential website has briefly published, then quietly removed, a detailed regulation outlining how the State Security Service would collect and access personal data on citizens and residents through a new centralised system.
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Azerbaijan deletes plan for detailed surveillance system minutes after publication
The plan outlined how the State Security Service would collect and access personal data.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Azerbaijan’s presidential website has briefly published, then quietly removed, a detailed regulation outlining how the State Security Service would collect and access personal data on citizens and residents through a new centralised system.
oc-media.org/azerbaijan-d...
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Caucasus Barometer has always been the most reliable and freely accessible public opinion data source for the South Caucasus. Now, CRRC-Georgia needs our support to continue doing this critically important work. I encourage everyone to donate: gogetfunding.com/democracy-ne...
Democracy Needs Data: Keep the Caucasus Barometer Georgia Alive
In Georgia, independent and reliable data is under threat. At a time of political change, economic uncertainty, and rising misinformation, trusted facts are more essential than ever. For nearly two de...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Caucasus Barometer has always been the most reliable and freely accessible public opinion data source for the South Caucasus. Now, CRRC-Georgia needs our support to continue doing this critically important work. I encourage everyone to donate: gogetfunding.com/democracy-ne...
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⭕ Georgia’s self-avowed liberals undermine themselves by justifying Israeli war crimes. - Opinion by Tazo Sozashvili.
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Opinion | Georgia’s self-avowed liberals undermine themselves by justifying Israeli war crimes
To support Israel unconditionally is to betray Georgia’s history, and to normalise the logic of occupation, including our own.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
⭕ Georgia’s self-avowed liberals undermine themselves by justifying Israeli war crimes. - Opinion by Tazo Sozashvili.
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NEW!!! Senator Shaheen Staff Hand-Delivers Letters to Detained Journalists and Lawyer in Azerbaijan
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NEW!!! Senator Shaheen Staff Hand-Delivers Letters to Detained Journalists and Lawyer in Azerbaijan
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🅾️ Opinion: Azerbaijan should align its actions to its commitment to peace — free Bahruz Samadov now.
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Opinion | My friend Bahruz is in prison for advocating peace — now that’s state policy
Azerbaijan should align its actions to its commitment to peace — free Bahruz Samadov now.
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August 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🅾️ Opinion: Azerbaijan should align its actions to its commitment to peace — free Bahruz Samadov now.
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From Conflict to Commerce: ‘Trump Route’ to Link Azerbaijan, Armenia in New Peace Deal
www.kyivpost.com/post/57664?f...
From Conflict to Commerce: ‘Trump Route’ to Link Azerbaijan, Armenia in New Peace Deal
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From Conflict to Commerce: ‘Trump Route’ to Link Azerbaijan, Armenia in New Peace Deal
Friday’s peace deal aims to put the Caucasus on an “irreversible path to peace” and end a decades-long war, officials told Kyiv Post – but there are key issues that remain unresolved.
www.kyivpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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From Conflict to Commerce: ‘Trump Route’ to Link Azerbaijan, Armenia in New Peace Deal
www.kyivpost.com/post/57664?f...
From Conflict to Commerce: ‘Trump Route’ to Link Azerbaijan, Armenia in New Peace Deal
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- Azerbaijan and Armenia will declare exiting OSCE Minsk Group
- both AZ and ARM will sign bilateral documents with the US to advance relations
- contentious issues (prisoners in Baku, Armenian constitution) will be left to next stages
- Trump admin worked on these agreements since late February.
- both AZ and ARM will sign bilateral documents with the US to advance relations
- contentious issues (prisoners in Baku, Armenian constitution) will be left to next stages
- Trump admin worked on these agreements since late February.
August 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
- Azerbaijan and Armenia will declare exiting OSCE Minsk Group
- both AZ and ARM will sign bilateral documents with the US to advance relations
- contentious issues (prisoners in Baku, Armenian constitution) will be left to next stages
- Trump admin worked on these agreements since late February.
- both AZ and ARM will sign bilateral documents with the US to advance relations
- contentious issues (prisoners in Baku, Armenian constitution) will be left to next stages
- Trump admin worked on these agreements since late February.
at tomorrow’s US-Azerbaijan-Armenia summit in Washington DC:
- the sides will announce agreement on “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP) with American “commercial” involvement
- Aliyev & Pashinyan will sign joint declaration detailing concrete pathway for final peace
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- the sides will announce agreement on “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP) with American “commercial” involvement
- Aliyev & Pashinyan will sign joint declaration detailing concrete pathway for final peace
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August 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
at tomorrow’s US-Azerbaijan-Armenia summit in Washington DC:
- the sides will announce agreement on “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP) with American “commercial” involvement
- Aliyev & Pashinyan will sign joint declaration detailing concrete pathway for final peace
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- the sides will announce agreement on “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP) with American “commercial” involvement
- Aliyev & Pashinyan will sign joint declaration detailing concrete pathway for final peace
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Even in prison, @ulviyyaali.bsky.social doesn't stop doing journalism. Here is her interview with Bahruz Samadov. medium.com/@cavidaga/ul...
Ulviyya Ali’s interview with Bahruz Samadov
Originally published by AbzasMedia in Azerbaijani. The translation to English is part of my efforts to highlight the unjust arrest of my…
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June 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Even in prison, @ulviyyaali.bsky.social doesn't stop doing journalism. Here is her interview with Bahruz Samadov. medium.com/@cavidaga/ul...
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Putin: “I’ve already said that Russians and Ukrainians are one people. In that sense, all of Ukraine is ours. … We have this old rule, that wherever a Russian steps foot — that’s our territory.”
Whatever this is, it’s not a president preparing his people for compromise.
Whatever this is, it’s not a president preparing his people for compromise.
June 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Putin: “I’ve already said that Russians and Ukrainians are one people. In that sense, all of Ukraine is ours. … We have this old rule, that wherever a Russian steps foot — that’s our territory.”
Whatever this is, it’s not a president preparing his people for compromise.
Whatever this is, it’s not a president preparing his people for compromise.
Among those sentenced today is a very good friend of mine, Farid Mehralizada, who was not connected to Abzas but was inserted into the case just for being the finest and most vocally critical economy analyst in the country. Here is his final speech at the trial: freefarid.info/f%c9%99rid-m...
June 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Among those sentenced today is a very good friend of mine, Farid Mehralizada, who was not connected to Abzas but was inserted into the case just for being the finest and most vocally critical economy analyst in the country. Here is his final speech at the trial: freefarid.info/f%c9%99rid-m...