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In Mutatione Fortitudo: A SPECTRE is haunting the Philharmonic — the spectre of Facebook
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Ali S Novruzov's blog from Azerbaijan, but also sharing news from the wider region, the world and the virtual life. Since 2008. Saturday, March 23, 2013. A SPECTRE is haunting the Philharmonic — the spectre of Facebook. The news came first as a joke and then as a shock. Indeed. Yes, indeed. The website that broke the news first is suspiciously down. As these actions are “contrary to the nature of culture workers and not accepted by the staff of the Philharmonic”, the director decrees to give ...Moreover,...
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In Mutatione Fortitudo: Is there freedom of the net in Azerbaijan?
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Ali S Novruzov's blog from Azerbaijan, but also sharing news from the wider region, the world and the virtual life. Since 2008. Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Is there freedom of the net in Azerbaijan? Internet cafe in Baku (Photo: i-m-s.dk). It’s a tricky question. On one hand, I’m free to write and post this piece without circumventing any blocking on blogs or social media. On the other hand, I want to argue that there isn't freedom on the net In Azerbaijan. I've devised a formula as an answer to this hard q...
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In Mutatione Fortitudo: Human rights defender denied entry into Azerbaijan
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Ali S Novruzov's blog from Azerbaijan, but also sharing news from the wider region, the world and the virtual life. Since 2008. Thursday, March 07, 2013. Human rights defender denied entry into Azerbaijan. Below is her appeal to friends and colleagues taken from her Facebook page:. But I am confident that I will return one day to a freer Azerbaijan. I can already feel things beginning to change, as people are growing fed up of corruption and oppression. I think the authorities can feel it too, wh...Son y...
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In Mutatione Fortitudo: IGF in Baku: Instant Coffee, no Wi-Fi and Vice-Premier for Emergencies
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Ali S Novruzov's blog from Azerbaijan, but also sharing news from the wider region, the world and the virtual life. Since 2008. Thursday, November 15, 2012. IGF in Baku: Instant Coffee, no Wi-Fi and Vice-Premier for Emergencies. This is how Baku greeted the 7th Annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF). It was the biggest puzzle for me. So much pomp and PR around organization of IGF. The first day there was no drinking water available in the forum venue, the last day – food was so scarce that more tha...
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In Mutatione Fortitudo: Azerbaijani court delivers the first criminal verdict on Internet defamation
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Ali S Novruzov's blog from Azerbaijan, but also sharing news from the wider region, the world and the virtual life. Since 2008. Friday, August 16, 2013. Azerbaijani court delivers the first criminal verdict on Internet defamation. Screenshot of AccessBank website. A district court in southern Azerbaijan convicted a former bank employee for criticizing a private bank on Facebook. On May 2013, Azerbaijan criminalized online defamation. According to the Baku-based Media Rights Institute. Mikayil Talibov had...
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In Mutatione Fortitudo: Article censored by Meydan TV: Arturo Desimone’s On Orientalism
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Ali S Novruzov's blog from Azerbaijan, but also sharing news from the wider region, the world and the virtual life. Since 2008. Wednesday, February 12, 2014. Article censored by Meydan TV: Arturo Desimone’s On Orientalism. Anyway, shit happens. Murad Gassanly claimed that Arturo Desimone didn’t exist and the article was written by a personal enemy, it contained personal attacks and damaged his reputation. Meydan TV also said that Murad Gassanly could sue them under the German law if the article...Therefo...
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In Mutatione Fortitudo: MP from ruling party proposes to shut down Western embassies in Azerbaijan
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Ali S Novruzov's blog from Azerbaijan, but also sharing news from the wider region, the world and the virtual life. Since 2008. Wednesday, April 03, 2013. MP from ruling party proposes to shut down Western embassies in Azerbaijan. Every single day Azeri officials should enlighten and entertain us with some witty comments, it seems. Their unofficial prerogative. 7 members of NIDA Civic Movement are currently in pre-trial detention for alleged possession of drugs, firearms and Molotov cocktails. The go...
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In Mutatione Fortitudo: Azerbaijani court issues yet another Facebook verdict
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Ali S Novruzov's blog from Azerbaijan, but also sharing news from the wider region, the world and the virtual life. Since 2008. Friday, March 14, 2014. Azerbaijani court issues yet another Facebook verdict. Ilham Mirzayev (Photo: Anspress.com). A district court in Baku issued an order to Facebook to take down a page deemed libelous to a popular Azerbaijani TV host, psychologist, astrologist and fortuneteller. The order will be sent to Mark Elliot Zuckerberg ASAP. Ilham Mirzayev, a multifaceted TV host, w...
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In Mutatione Fortitudo: A Dangerous Alternative
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Ali S Novruzov's blog from Azerbaijan, but also sharing news from the wider region, the world and the virtual life. Since 2008. Friday, April 18, 2014. Erkin Gadirli (Photo from Public TV). With one face turned toward ‘natives’ and a totally different one – toward the international community, how democratic and ‘new’ is the Republican Alternative? It is in Facebook that one of REAL’s founders, a current member of its board and current chair of its political council and the first in REAL’s lin...And here ...
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In Mutatione Fortitudo: Azerbaijani Politician Calls for Assassination of Armenian Leaders
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Ali S Novruzov's blog from Azerbaijan, but also sharing news from the wider region, the world and the virtual life. Since 2008. Saturday, March 01, 2014. Azerbaijani Politician Calls for Assassination of Armenian Leaders. Erkin Gadirli in the 2010 parliamentary. Election debates (Public TV). Revenge, not justice is needed for Khojaly, says Erkin Gadirli, the new generation opposition icon. Every year in Azerbaijan and among the Azerbaijani Diaspora, the commemoration of the Khojaly tragedy. Erkin Gadirli...
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