A friend posted these on Facebook, I thought I share them here too. If you want to get up to date about the election atmosphere in Azerbaijan then check these out.
via Rebecca Vincent: Azerbaijan’s election day is here! Here’s my recommended reading list to get up to speed:
Meydan TV - Urgent: Presidential Election Rigged. Results Pre-announced in a mobile app failure http://www.meydan.tv/+pu8ha
Access - With no votes cast, Azerbaijani election app releases ‘final’ election results https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2013/10/08/with-no-votes-cast-azerbaijani-election-app-releases-final-election-results
Op-ed by opposition candidate Jamil Hasanli for The Guardian - Azerbaijan must use this election to end the Aliyev dynasty http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/08/azerbaijan-election-aliyev-dynasty-polls
Shaun Walker for The Guardian - Azerbaijan election marred by claims of corruption as dynasty looks set to win http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/07/azerbaijan-elections-ilham-aliyev-allegations
Leyla Najafli for BBC News: Azerbaijan election: the pre-determined president http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24450227?SThisFB
BBC News: Q&A: Azerbaijan's presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24402642
RFE/RL: Aliyev May Win Reelection For Third Term, But Fourth Not A Foregone Conclusion http://www.rferl.org/content/caucasus-report-azerbaijan-election-aliyev/25130805.html
Arifa Kazimova & Daisy Sindelar for RFE/RL - In Azerbaijan's Routine Election, It's The Differences That Matter http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-election-analysis--opposition-hasanl/25129384.html
Shahin Abbasov for EurasiaNet - Azerbaijan: Putting Inauguration Ahead of the Vote http://www.eurasianet.org/node/67599?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Miriam Lanskoy for the Carnegie Moscow Center – Azerbaijan: Opposition Unites Despite Crackdown http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=53211
Katy Pearce & Farid Guliyev for The Washington Post - Can social media level the playing field in competitive authoritarian regimes? Azerbaijani pre-election report, part II http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/10/07/can-social-media-level-the-playing-field-in-competitive-authoritarian-regimes-azerbaijani-pre-election-report-part-ii/
Melinda Haring & Arzu Capulcu Geybullayeva for Foreign Policy – So What About the Other 364 Days a Year? http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/10/08/so_what_about_the_other_364_days_a_year
Thomas de Waal for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – What Lies Ahead for Azerbaijan? http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/10/07/what-lies-ahead-for-azerbaijan/gpd3
Reuters - Azeri leader cracking down on foes before poll-rights group http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/01/uk-azerbaijan-rights-idUKBRE9900IQ20131001
Human Rights Club - Azerbaijan: an updated list of political prisoners http://civicsolidarity.org/article/800/azerbaijan-updated-list-political-prisoners
OSCE/ODIHR Interim Report No. 2 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/106275
Azerbaijan: UN experts concerned by human rights restrictions, harassment of journalists http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46193&Cr=azerbaijan&Cr1#.UlSNARa3KfQ
Amnesty International - Downward spiral: Continuing crackdown on freedoms in Azerbaijan http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR55/010/2013/en
Human Rights Watch – Tightening the Screws: Azerbaijan’s Crackdown on Civil Society and Dissent http://www.hrw.org/node/118310
And a few of my recent pieces:
Five things Aliyev doesn’t want you to know about Azerbaijan’s presidential election http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/10/five-things-aliyev-doesnt-want-know-azerbaijans-presidential-election/
PACE’s failure to hold Azerbaijan accountable for its Council of Europe obligations leads to sharp increase in political arrests http://platformlondon.org/2013/10/01/paces-failure-to-hold-azerbaijan-accountable-for-its-council-of-europe-obligations-leads-to-sharp-increase-in-political-arrests/
Fundamental freedoms under attack in the run-up to Azerbaijan’s presidential election http://fpc.org.uk/articles/636
Meydan TV - Urgent: Presidential Election Rigged. Results Pre-announced in a mobile app failure http://www.meydan.tv/+pu8ha
Access - With no votes cast, Azerbaijani election app releases ‘final’ election results https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2013/10/08/with-no-votes-cast-azerbaijani-election-app-releases-final-election-results
Op-ed by opposition candidate Jamil Hasanli for The Guardian - Azerbaijan must use this election to end the Aliyev dynasty http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/08/azerbaijan-election-aliyev-dynasty-polls
Shaun Walker for The Guardian - Azerbaijan election marred by claims of corruption as dynasty looks set to win http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/07/azerbaijan-elections-ilham-aliyev-allegations
Leyla Najafli for BBC News: Azerbaijan election: the pre-determined president http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24450227?SThisFB
BBC News: Q&A: Azerbaijan's presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24402642
RFE/RL: Aliyev May Win Reelection For Third Term, But Fourth Not A Foregone Conclusion http://www.rferl.org/content/caucasus-report-azerbaijan-election-aliyev/25130805.html
Arifa Kazimova & Daisy Sindelar for RFE/RL - In Azerbaijan's Routine Election, It's The Differences That Matter http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-election-analysis--opposition-hasanl/25129384.html
Shahin Abbasov for EurasiaNet - Azerbaijan: Putting Inauguration Ahead of the Vote http://www.eurasianet.org/node/67599?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Miriam Lanskoy for the Carnegie Moscow Center – Azerbaijan: Opposition Unites Despite Crackdown http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=53211
Katy Pearce & Farid Guliyev for The Washington Post - Can social media level the playing field in competitive authoritarian regimes? Azerbaijani pre-election report, part II http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/10/07/can-social-media-level-the-playing-field-in-competitive-authoritarian-regimes-azerbaijani-pre-election-report-part-ii/
Melinda Haring & Arzu Capulcu Geybullayeva for Foreign Policy – So What About the Other 364 Days a Year? http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/10/08/so_what_about_the_other_364_days_a_year
Thomas de Waal for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – What Lies Ahead for Azerbaijan? http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/10/07/what-lies-ahead-for-azerbaijan/gpd3
Reuters - Azeri leader cracking down on foes before poll-rights group http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/01/uk-azerbaijan-rights-idUKBRE9900IQ20131001
Human Rights Club - Azerbaijan: an updated list of political prisoners http://civicsolidarity.org/article/800/azerbaijan-updated-list-political-prisoners
OSCE/ODIHR Interim Report No. 2 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/106275
Azerbaijan: UN experts concerned by human rights restrictions, harassment of journalists http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46193&Cr=azerbaijan&Cr1#.UlSNARa3KfQ
Amnesty International - Downward spiral: Continuing crackdown on freedoms in Azerbaijan http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR55/010/2013/en
Human Rights Watch – Tightening the Screws: Azerbaijan’s Crackdown on Civil Society and Dissent http://www.hrw.org/node/118310
And a few of my recent pieces:
Five things Aliyev doesn’t want you to know about Azerbaijan’s presidential election http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/10/five-things-aliyev-doesnt-want-know-azerbaijans-presidential-election/
PACE’s failure to hold Azerbaijan accountable for its Council of Europe obligations leads to sharp increase in political arrests http://platformlondon.org/2013/10/01/paces-failure-to-hold-azerbaijan-accountable-for-its-council-of-europe-obligations-leads-to-sharp-increase-in-political-arrests/
Fundamental freedoms under attack in the run-up to Azerbaijan’s presidential election http://fpc.org.uk/articles/636
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