Arzu Geybulla
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pinned post!
#Azerbaijan
ended 2024 and started 2025 with prison sentences: December 12, 2024 - Ilhamiz Guliyev, arrested in December 2023, sentenced to 3 years; December 28, 2024 - Teymur Karimov, arrested in December 2023, sentenced to 8 years;+
11 months ago
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This was such a delight to edit and work on. Our latest story for
@globalvoices.org
"Queer cinema in Azerbaijan tells stories of visibility and survival"
globalvoices.org/2025/12/04/q...
Kudos to the author for putting this piece together.
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Queer cinema in Azerbaijan tells stories of visibility and survival
These films transform personal struggles into collective narratives, illustrating how survival, memory, and the quest for belonging are intertwined with the creation of queer cinematic histories.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/12/04/queer-cinema-in-azerbaijan-tells-stories-of-visibility-and-survival/
5 days ago
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With a slight delay. My latest on Istanbul mayor's indictment for
@globalvoices.org
"The sentence demanded in the case of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is 2,430 years"
globalvoices.org/2025/12/03/t...
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The sentence demanded in the case of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is 2,430 years
The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), which İmamoğlu represents, has condemned the case as politically driven — arguing the timing and scope are aimed at sidelining a major political opponen...
https://globalvoices.org/2025/12/03/the-sentence-demanded-in-the-case-of-jailed-istanbul-mayor-ekrem-imamoglu-is-2430-years/
5 days ago
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My latest: “Ultimately, as long as the same government that calls for dialogue also decides who can speak, gestures of openness should be viewed with cautious skepticism.”
www.balcanicaucaso.org/cp_article/a...
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Armenia e Azerbaijian, dialogo o performance? - Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa
Armenia e Azerbaijan, dopo la seconda guerra per il Nagorno Karabakh, sembrano sempre più vicini ad un processo di normalizzazione dei rapporti. Analisti e attivisti dei due paesi però non sono del tu...
https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/cp_article/armenia-e-azerbaijian-dialogo-o-performance/
8 days ago
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Azerbaijan Escalates Crackdown on Exiled Critics
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Azerbaijan Escalates Crackdown on Exiled Critics
Azerbaijani authorities are escalating their campaign against independent and critical voices abroad, issuing arrest warrants and summonses for exiled journalists, activists, and analysts on what appe...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/26/azerbaijan-escalates-crackdown-on-exiled-critics
12 days ago
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Arzu Geybulla
OC Media
about 1 month ago
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has named Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili as ‘press freedom predators’ for their roles in repressing press freedom in their countries.
oc-media.org/ivanishvili-...
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Ivanishvili and Aliyev named ‘press freedom predators’ by RSF
The two were included in a list of 34 other freedom predators by the organisation.
https://oc-media.org/ivanishvili-and-aliyev-named-press-freedom-predators-by-rsf/
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Is Turkey a state of law? Critics highlight long-standing patterns of politicization and lack of institutional insulation from executive power - my latest for
@globalvoices.org
globalvoices.org/2025/11/02/i...
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Is Turkey a state of law?
If the Minguzzi case shines a light on general institutional frailty, the prosecutions of prominent figures in the opposition CHP demonstrate how legal tools are being marshalled for political ends..
https://globalvoices.org/2025/11/02/is-turkey-a-state-of-law/
about 1 month ago
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Wrote a little something about what happened to the “éminence grise” for
@balcanicaucaso.org
#Azerbaijan
: when the mighty fall out of favor
www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Az...
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Azerbaijan: when the mighty fall out of favor
Once enjoying extensive powers and considered Azerbaijan's eminence grise, Ramiz Mehdiyev has recently fallen out of favor, accused of plotting a coup and placed under house arrest. A case in point of...
https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Azerbaijan/Azerbaijan-when-the-mighty-fall-out-of-favor-240870
about 1 month ago
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Protests in Georgia amid municipal elections met with arrests, heavy police intervention
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https://globalvoices.org/2025/10/11/pro…
about 2 months ago
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reposted by
Arzu Geybulla
IFEX
2 months ago
#Turkey
🇹🇷 The broadcast regulator has recently gone after streaming platforms, issuing fines for films it claims "promote homosexuality" and "disregard family values".
@arzugeybulla.bsky.social
reports for
@globalvoices.org
:
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What happens when you lock up independent journalists behind bars on bogus charges? Well, they continue reporting even from behind bars. My latest for
@balcanicaucaso.org
on corruption, rights violations and other shenanigans inside Azerbaijani prisons
www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Az...
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Jailed journalists turn the spotlight on Azerbaijan’s prisons
Since November 2023, around thirty journalists have been arrested in Azerbaijan. From behind bars, these journalists have revealed the appalling conditions of the prison system, something previously i...
https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Azerbaijan/Jailed-journalists-turn-the-spotlight-on-Azerbaijan-s-prisons-240409
2 months ago
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It's been a busy month for the authorities in
#Azerbaijan
, as they continue to keep things "in order" and "contained." Read more in this month's newsletter from Free Voices Collective
freevoicescollective.org/families-imp...
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Families of Imprisoned Journalists Face Rights Violations - FVC
Families of imprisoned journalists face travel bans, job dismissals, and harassment. Abzas Media journalists were relocated without notice.
https://freevoicescollective.org/families-imprisoned-journalists-azerbaijan/
2 months ago
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Watch out! Authorities in Turkey are on the lookout for obscenity
globalvoices.org/2025/09/24/w...
latest for
@globalvoices.org
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Watch out! Authorities in Turkey are on the lookout for obscenity
This is the not the first time RTÜK has fined streaming platforms. Netflix, Prime, Disney+, Mubi, Bein, and BluTV were previously fined for allegedly promoting homosexuality and undermining moral valu...
https://globalvoices.org/2025/09/24/watch-out-authorities-in-turkey-are-on-the-lookout-for-obscenity/
2 months ago
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The CHP's leadership has dismissed the ruling as null and void, even as it faces another court hearing, scheduled for September 15, which revolves around a “mutlak butlan” - explainer
globalvoices.org/2025/09/14/e...
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Explainer: Turkey's main opposition party faces state-appointed trustee
Should the court rule that violations did indeed happen, it would nullify all decisions taken by the party's current leadership since the congress.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/09/14/explainer-turkeys-main-opposition-party-faces-state-appointed-trustee/
3 months ago
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With all that is happening in Turkey this is already an old story but nevertheless thought I share anyway:
globalvoices.org/2025/09/07/w...
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Wave of harassment and abuse allegations roils Turkey’s arts and culture scene
Among the men are photographers, musicians, actors, comedians, critics, and publishers. In response, several platforms and collaborators have cut ties with accused individuals.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/09/07/wave-of-harassment-and-abuse-allegations-roils-turkeys-arts-and-culture-scene/
3 months ago
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12th person to face arrest as part of the so called investigation into independent Meydan Tv case. On August 28 authorities arrested photo journalist Ahmad Mukhtar. He is facing the same charges as the rest of journalists arrested as part of the case.
3 months ago
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An Azerbaijani student is facing deportation in Turkey after participating in protests against rising university cafeteria prices.
medyascope.tv/2025/08/25/n...
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Üniversite öğrencisi Nana, hayati tehlikesi bulunduğu Azerbaycan’a geri gönderilmeye çalışılıyor - Medyascope
İstanbul Üniversitesi öğrencisi Nanaxanim Babazade, okulda zam protestolarına katıldığı için hakkında sınır dışı kararı verildi.
https://medyascope.tv/2025/08/25/nana-hayati-tehlikesi-bulundugu-azerbaycana-geri-gonderilmeye-calisiliyor/
3 months ago
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“Flood them with fans”:
@rsf.org
launches solidarity campaign together with exiled Azerbaijani organizations for imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi and other reporters
rsf.org/en/flood-the...
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“Flood them with fans”: RSF launches solidarity campaign together with exiled Azerbaijani organizations for imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi and other reporters
In light of the ongoing repression of independent media in Azerbaijan, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Azerbaijani organizations in exile Free Voices Collective, Meydan TV, Toplum TV and Qazetci a...
https://rsf.org/en/flood-them-fans-rsf-launches-solidarity-campaign-together-exiled-azerbaijani-organizations
4 months ago
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My latest: “This is the paradox of White House-brokered peace: leaders shake hands abroad, while at home, those who practice reconciliation are criminalized.” For
@balcanicaucaso.org
www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Az...
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Handshake in Washington, handcuffs in Baku
Trump's recent meeting with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Aliyev and Pashinyan, in Washington raises hopes for a peace agreement. However, there's a paradox: while leaders shake hands abroad,...
https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Azerbaijan/Handshake-in-Washington-handcuffs-in-Baku-239607
4 months ago
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reposted by
Arzu Geybulla
Human Rights House Foundation
4 months ago
“Governments, journalists, academics, and institutions who pretend they don’t see the rot. Or worse, who see it and stay silent because there's gas, trade, and diplomatic optics at stake.” Read
@arzugeybulla.bsky.social
's statement from the
@pace.coe.int
Summer Session in full here:
bit.ly/44SzPBI
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My latest for
@globalvoices.org
On paper, the deal reads like a straightforward real estate transaction
globalvoices.org/2025/08/15/t...
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The Aliyevs’ Turkish retreat: luxury real estate investment in the shadow of corruption
From Moscow to London to the French Riviera, the Aliyev family demonstrates a consistent pattern: converting opaque, hydrocarbon-derived wealth into high-prestige, low-scrutiny assets abroad.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/08/15/the-aliyevs-turkish-retreat-luxury-real-estate-investment-in-the-shadow-of-corruption/
4 months ago
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reposted by
Arzu Geybulla
Foreign Media Association
4 months ago
FMA condemns the killing last night of five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza by the Israeli military and stands in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues, at least 178 of whom have been killed by Israel since the conflict began. Journalists are
#NotATarget
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reposted by
Arzu Geybulla
Committee to Protect Journalists
4 months ago
An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from
#Gaza
. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement:
cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
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Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...
https://cpj.org/2025/08/israel-kills-al-jazeera-journalists-in-targeted-gaza-city-airstrike/
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Trump Should Raise Rights Issues with Azerbaijan Leader
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
my latest dispatc for
@hrw.org
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Trump Should Raise Rights Issues with Azerbaijan Leader
US President Donald Trump is set to host Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the White House on August 8 to sign a memorandum of understanding that could ...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/08/07/trump-should-raise-rights-issues-with-azerbaijan-leader
4 months ago
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At its recent launch, Next Sosyal was touted as the country's first “domestic social media application,” offering users a new generation of social media free from ads and harassment. But how “local and national” was it?! I break it down for
@globalvoices.org
#Turkey
globalvoices.org/2025/08/01/t...
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The ‘Next’ big thing? Turkey's new social platform faces scrutiny over ‘domestic’ label
The platform was described as the country's first “domestic social media application,” offering users a new generation of social media free from ads and harassment.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/08/01/the-next-big-thing-turkeys-new-social-platform-faces-scrutiny-over-domestic-label/
4 months ago
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Türkiye: Turkmen Risking Deportation Reported Missing
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Türkiye: Turkmen Risking Deportation Reported Missing
Two Turkmen dissident bloggers have been missing since July 24, 2025, when they were reportedly released from a Turkish deportation center, Human Rights Watch said today. Turkish authorities should en...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/30/turkiye-turkmen-risking-deportation-reported-missing
4 months ago
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Russia: Internet Blocking, Disruptions and Increasing Isolation
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
@hrw.org
latest report just in
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Russia: Internet Blocking, Disruptions and Increasing Isolation
Russian authorities have doubled down on censorship online, internet disruptions, and surveillance since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Human Rights Watch said ...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/30/russia-internet-blocking-disruptions-and-increasing-isolation
4 months ago
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Embracing propaganda narrative and taking it to YouTube - quick update on Google TAG quarterly reports investigating coordinated influence operations linked to Azerbaijan.
www.az-netwatch.org/news/on-a-mi...
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on a mission to spread propaganda – Azerbaijan Internet Watch
https://www.az-netwatch.org/news/on-a-mission-to-spread-propaganda/
4 months ago
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Going through the Google TAG Q2 report. Not surprised to see that between April and June 2025, hundreds of YouTube channels were terminated as part of an investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to
#Azerbaijan
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blog.google/threat-analy...
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TAG Bulletin: Q2 2025
Our bulletin covering coordinated influence operation campaigns terminated on our platforms in Q2 2025.
https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/tag-bulletin-q2-2025/
4 months ago
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reposted by
Arzu Geybulla
IFEX
4 months ago
#Turkey
🇹🇷 Earlier this month, Turkey became the first country to censor the “X” AI chatbot Grok.
@arzugeybulla.bsky.social
reports on the block for
@globalvoices.org
, putting it in the broader context of Turkey's history of online censorship.
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Turkey is the first country to censor “X” AI chatbot Grok
https://buff.ly/I7Wm3c9
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On Azerbaijan's economic strategy (or lack thereof): "If a country’s president answers questions about economic development with a 12-second response, and one that’s far from concrete, it reveals a lack of serious thought about the nation’s economic future."
kharcenter.com/en/expert-co...
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From Oil to Transit: Ilham Aliyev’s 12-Second Economic Vector
✍️ Emin Aslanov He earned his bachelor's degree in International Law from Baku State University and...
https://kharcenter.com/en/expert-commentaries/from-oil-to-transit-ilham-aliyevs-12-second-economic-vector
4 months ago
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Some random thoughts on this Monday morning
substack.com/@arzugeybull...
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Arzu G (@arzugeybulla)
What Is Still in Our Power? This morning a post on Instagram left me thinking — about what else we can do, about the state of the world, and the weight of being awake to it all. Just a few words — ...
https://substack.com/@arzugeybulla/note/c-139661833?r=aa5lm
4 months ago
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When investigative journalist Sevinc Vagifgizi asked her family to bring her a simple fan to help her cope with the suffocating heat of her prison cell, she likely did not expect that her right to breathe freely would become a form of leverage for prison authorities.
globalvoices.org/2025/07/27/h...
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How corruption and cruelty define life inside Azerbaijan’s prisons
When prisoners ask for more water, working fans, or basic hygiene equipment, the answer is often the same: "This is a prison, not a resort.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/27/how-corruption-and-cruelty-define-life-inside-azerbaijans-prisons/
4 months ago
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“My identity is a wave.” My latest for @globalvoices a personal essay in which I write about life in exile and identity.
globalvoices.org/2025/07/26/m...
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My identity is a wave
Identity has become so politicized, so misused — often to divide, to dehumanize — that I find myself repelled by the idea of being tied to a single nation, language, history, or ethnicity.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/26/my-identity-is-a-wave/
4 months ago
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The latest conviction of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, marks a critical escalation in Turkey's ongoing erosion of judicial independence and democratic norms. My latest piece for
@globalvoices.org
globalvoices.org/2025/07/26/t...
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The case involving Istanbul's former mayor puts Turkey's judiciary under the spotlight
The charges for which Istanbul's popular former mayor received a sentence — which stem from comments he made in January — predate his arrest.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/26/the-case-involving-istanbuls-former-mayor-puts-turkeys-judiciary-under-the-spotlight/
5 months ago
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Thank you
@humanrightshouse.bsky.social
for sharing my statement I delivered at the
@pace.coe.int
The full text of the statement is available on my Substack
arzugeybulla.substack.com/p/hearing-at...
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5 months ago
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Global Voices asked Grok how it was handling the recent court decision, to which it responded, “I'm Grok, created by xAI. The Turkish court's decision to block access to some of my content is a bummer, but I'm not sweating it too much.”
globalvoices.org/2025/07/14/t...
for
@globalvoices.org
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Turkey becomes the first to censor AI chatbot Grok
Grok isn't the first platform to be blocked in Turkey. In a separate move, a block was also imposed on eSIM providers, and Spotify may be next.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/14/turkey-becomes-the-first-to-censor-ai-chatbot-grok/
5 months ago
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When it's hard to keep track of all the ongoing arrests, detentions, and other Turkey-related internal developments,
@turkeyrecap.bsky.social
comes to the rescue. Their most recent letter is in! C-H-Pincer Movement
www.turkeyrecap.com/p/c-h-pincer...
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C-H-Pincer Movement
Issue #265
https://www.turkeyrecap.com/p/c-h-pincer-movement?r=aa5lm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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"Barım’s case remains widely viewed as a political trial designed to silence government criticism in Turkey’s entertainment industry amid a widening crackdown on the nation’s main opposition party." Latest on Ayse Barim's case on
@turkeyrecap.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/ayse-b...
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Ayşe Barım's ongoing trial is seen as a 'warning' to Turkey's culture industry | Turkey recap
Get more from Turkey recap on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ayse-barims-is-133578655?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share
5 months ago
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On June 26, I spoke at a hearing on the situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan at PACE. Here is my full statement.
open.substack.com/pub/arzugeyb...
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Hearing at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, June 26, 2025
Hearing on the situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan organized by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
https://open.substack.com/pub/arzugeybulla/p/hearing-at-the-council-of-europe?r=aa5lm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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Since this article was published, three more mayors from the opposition CHP have been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged corruption. Separately, prominent investigative journalist Timur Soykan was detained over his tweets.
globalvoices.org/2025/07/03/t...
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Turkey's shifting sands: opposition in crisis, journalists silenced, and rights under siege
The country has seen a consistent crackdown on political opposition, civil society, and independent media.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/03/turkeys-shifting-sands-opposition-in-crisis-journalists-silenced-and-rights-under-siege/
5 months ago
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The sentencing of Bahruz Samadov and the rise of post-war paranoia in Azerbaijan
globalvoices.org/2025/07/05/t...
my latest for
@globalvoices.org
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The sentencing of Bahruz Samadov and the rise of post-war paranoia in Azerbaijan
"I thought with my death, I would send a message as a last word to the state the country is in," Samadov told Ali.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/05/the-sentencing-of-bahruz-samadov-and-the-rise-of-post-war-paranoia-in-azerbaijan/
5 months ago
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Another round of escalation in relations between Azerbaijan and Russia
globalvoices.org/2025/07/04/a...
With the most recent updates for
@globalvoices.org
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Another round of escalation in relations between Azerbaijan and Russia
The news of two Azerbaijani brothers, Huseyn and Ziyaddin Safarov, getting killed following raids in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on June 27, took tensions to another level.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/04/another-round-of-escalation-in-relations-between-azerbaijan-and-russia/
5 months ago
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#Azerbaijan
Convicts Critics in Relentless Crackdown My latest dispatch for
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
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Azerbaijan Convicts Critics in Relentless Crackdown
On June 20, the Court of Grave Crimes in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku handed down severe prison sentences to a team of independent journalists from Abzas Media, an outlet known for its hard-hitting inves...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/03/azerbaijan-convicts-critics-in-relentless-crackdown
5 months ago
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Turkey's shifting sands: opposition in crisis, journalists silenced, and rights under siege
globalvoices.org/2025/07/03/t...
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@globalvoices.org
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Turkey's shifting sands: opposition in crisis, journalists silenced, and rights under siege
The country has seen a consistent crackdown on political opposition, civil society, and independent media.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/03/turkeys-shifting-sands-opposition-in-crisis-journalists-silenced-and-rights-under-siege/
5 months ago
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In the face of international criticism,
#Azerbaijan
sentences the
@abzasmedia.bsky.social
team
globalvoices.org/2025/06/30/i...
for
@globalvoices.org
On June 30, Ulvi Hasanli's wife said that her husband was tortured &placed in solitary confinement for protesting his transfer to the Umbaki prison
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In the face of international criticism, Azerbaijan sentences the Abzas Media team
In their reports, government-aligned media have portrayed all arrested journalists, civic activists, and rights defenders as criminals, in line with the official narrative.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/06/30/in-the-face-of-international-criticism-azerbaijan-sentences-the-abzas-media-team/
5 months ago
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My latest piece for
@globalvoices.org
: Beyond the scale: Unpacking Turkey's obesity challenge amidst economic strain and food safety fears
globalvoices.org/2025/06/27/b...
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Beyond the scale: Unpacking Turkey's obesity challenge amidst economic strain and food safety fears
Recent data paints a stark picture of dietary deprivation, particularly among the youngest population.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/06/27/beyond-the-scale-unpacking-turkeys-obesity-challenge-amidst-economic-strain-and-food-safety-fears/
5 months ago
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On June 23, the court in Baku sentenced scholar, Bahruz Samadov, to 15 years on bogus treason charges.
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6 months ago
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Scholar Bahruz Samadov is facing potential 16 year sentence as per state prosecutor's request during the trial held on June 20
#Azerbaijan
6 months ago
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Today (June 20), the Abzas Media team was sentenced. Ulvi Hasanli, Sevinc Vagifgizi, Farid Mehralizada, Hafiz Babali 9 years; Mahammad Kekalov 7.5 years; Nargiz Absalamova and Elnara Gasimova 8 years.
#Azerbaijan
#journalismisnotacrime
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Georgia marks 200 days of protests as government crackdown against dissent continues
globalvoices.org/2025/06/19/g...
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@globalvoices.org
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Georgia marks 200 days of protests as government crackdown against dissent continues
Human rights groups estimate that hundreds of protesters have been arrested since last year.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/06/19/georgia-marks-200-days-of-protests-as-government-crackdown-against-dissent-continues/
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