Opinion | Making love is a burden in Azerbaijan

The leaking of people’s intimate videos are used not only as a tool of political repression in Azerbaijan, but have become a weapon of everyday misogyny and queerphobia in the country.  The government is not only incapable of dealing with the issue, it is complicit.  The repeated leaks of sex tapes and other private materials over the past year have rocked Azerbaijani society. Although the Azerbaijani Constitution states that everyone has the right of confidentiality when it comes to their pri