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Azerbaijan detains Popular Front Party chair Ali Karimli amidst crackdown on party
Ali Karimli and Mammad Ibrahim were accused of committing actions aimed at the violent seizure of power.
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Local Azerbaijani opposition leader believed to be arrested after ‘disappearance’
Faig Nagiyev, the local district leader of the opposition Popular Front Party, has been missing since Wednesday.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan detains two members of opposition Popular Front Party
Charges against two members of the opposition Popular Front Party have not been disclosed.
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Opposition Popular Front Party announce rally on 27 April in Baku stadium
The party chair Ali Karimli has announced they will demand the release of political prisoners in a rally that day.
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Azerbaijani Popular Front Party member sentenced to five years in prison
Mehman Aliyev accused the police of planting drugs on him, and announced that he would begin a hunger strike.
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Activist arrested after spraying ‘Stalin’ on Heydar Aliyev statue sentenced to six years
Azerbaijani police have sentenced an activist arrested in August after spraying the name ‘Stalin’ on a Heydar Aliyev statue to six years in prison on drug charges. The Baku Criminal Court sentenced 23-year-old Elbayi Karimli, a member of the opposition Popular Front Party, on Saturday. His lawyer, Nemat Karimli (unrelated to Elbayi Karimli), told OC Media that his client was arrested in August 2023 shortly after spraying Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s name on a statue of Heydar Aliyev, the
2024 Azerbaijani Presidential Elections
Azerbaijan’s main opposition parties boycott the presidential elections
Azerbaijan’s largest opposition parties have vowed to boycott February’s presidential elections, citing repression and the lack of a democratic environment in the country. On Saturday, the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party announced they would not take part in the snap elections scheduled for February, citing Azerbaijan’s ‘current atmosphere of repression, mass arrests, and fear’. ‘The extraordinary election scheduled by [President] Ilham Aliyev for 7 February 2024 will not be an actual electi
