Azerbaijani labour rights activist sentenced to 8 years in prison
Afiaddin Mammadov was convicted of intentionally causing serious bodily harm and hooliganism and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Azerbaijan appears to be trying to position itself as a champion of the anti-colonial movement by criticising France’s colonial past and supporting independence movements in its overseas territories.
This week, we speak to political analyst and PhD candidate at Charles University in Prague Bahruz Samadov about the Baku Initiative Group, a group linked to the Azerbaijani government, and its anti-colonial conference, and how Azerbaijan appears to be appropriating anti-colonial movements for their own geopolitical and authoritarian ends.
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