Tag: Azerbaijan
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As conflict escalates, Azerbaijan’s internet shutdown puts lives further at risk
The Azerbaijani government, along with internet and telecom service providers and other essential services, must immediately restore unrestricted access to the internet across all networks, including lifting any restrictions on the use of VPNs.…
15 October 2020
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With no votes cast, Azerbaijani election app releases ‘final’ election results
While the October 9 Azerbaijani general election was not expected to meet international standards as “free and fair,” an app developed by the country’s authoritarian government has accidentally released a final vote tally a full day ahead of the election. According to the application, the votes count for tomorrow’s election have the the country’s incumbent dictator, Ilham Aliyev, “winning” the election by a landslide.
…8 October 2013
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Amid crackdown in Azerbaijan, blogger gets the harshest sentence
This past week has been particularly difficult for human rights activists in Azerbaijan, the host country of the 2012 UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Last Wednesday January 23, protests over corruption erupted in Ismayilli, northwest of the Azerbaijani capital Baku,…
30 January 2013