Child marriage

It was on one of my visits to Azerbaijan for field work, when I met young girls still in school, engaged, waiting to get married. Child marriage is a problem everywhere across the world. In countries like Ethiopia, Afghanistan, and elsewhere this is considered a common practice. The younger the bride, the better is the common thinking. No one thinks of their future, their education, their life as young mothers- to- be. 

This documentary takes us on a journey of child marriage and abuse. All the while men in most of these countries including Azerbaijan get special satisfaction in luring young girls into the world of abuse, anger and pain. We must take responsibility for our actions. Parents of these young girls who get engaged or married off at a young age, must take responsibility and understand that a girl, is not a thing to be sold for money, food or a house. A daughter is a human being too who has equal rights as her brothers. We must continue raising awareness and educating those who don't know...

You can learn more about the project here.

"The War You Don't See"

Some of you might have heard of John Pilger- award- winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. "The War You Don't See" is his latest film that premiered on TV and in theaters in Britain on December 12th, 2010.

Pilger's main argument in the documentary is to question mainstream media and its role in wars like in Iraq and Afghanistan and how war crimes are reported and justified.

One of the interviews in the documentary is with Julian Assange and his organization WikiLeaks.

Here is the link I received first where I watched the video about the movie (Thank you Lukasz for the link :) :



Below is the official trailer for the movie:


The War You Don't See (trailer) from John Pilger on Vimeo.


In addition, you can watch the full version of the documentary in 7 parts on YouTube here.

"Oil, Afghanistan and Progress"

When Barack Obama declared Azerbaijan as one of the world’s worst violators of freedom of press in April 2009, the already fragile relationship between the two countries became even tenser. In 1992, in the early days of Azerbaijan's independence, the tensions started as a result of the Armenian-Azerbaijani war over Nagorno-Karabakh, where Armenian forces came to control about 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territories. In the summer of that year, the US Congress passed Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act, which stipulated that the US government could not directly aid Azerbaijan's government, despite US support of neighbouring Georgia and Armenia. The decision raised doubts in Azerbaijan of US impartial involvement as a peace broker in the region and member of the OSCE Minsk Group. Also, some in Azerbaijan saw for the first time that it cannot trust the USA because of the strong Armenian lobby.

You can read the rest of the article here: http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/All-news/Oil-Afghanistan-and-progress