AZERBAIJAN

DEMOCRACY

THE PRESIDENT

• Strong, weak
• 1993 (YAP)
• Little room for democracy and freedom
• Marred 2005 elections, maintained
• October 2003
• Illham became president

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• Expected policy would change
• No major reshuffles
• Presidential elections, 9th of October 2013
• Removed presidential consecutive Term limit
• In 2013,Third time

GOVERNMENT

• Political, economic
• To secure, Clans based on regional origin
• Nakhichevanis, Yerazi
• Dominated politics for decades
• Origin in both clans

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• Top of pyramid
• Key-positions
• Developed into extensive bureaucracy and corruption
• Bought jobs
• Precondition for state

POLITICAL ISSUES

• Deteriorated further
• Freedom , assembly, rights to liberty,fair trail
• Women
• Nagrono-Karabakh
• Inhabited, Mountainous territory

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• 1932 region part of Armenia
• Socialist republic of Azerbaijan
• International dispute

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

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• People are silenced
• "beautification" Project
• Things are still in the house
• Baku Crystal Hall

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• Banned BBC & Radio free Europe
• Fake trailes
• Locked up.
• Government doesn't like

ILGAR NASIBOV

• Human Rights Organisation
• Beaten until almost dead
• Life Saving Phone Call
• "Drunken fight with friend"

RAMIN DEKO

• Claims abduction
• Law enforcement
• "Stop! Work for pro-government"
• Group attacked by pro-government

http://www.contact.az/docs/2015/Politics/011300102868en.htm#.VQqdcmZwHMI

http://platform24.org/en/articles/237/no-freedom-of-expression-in-aliyev-s-...

http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-freedom-of-speech-osce-human-rights...

https://freedomhouse.org/country/azerbaijan?gclid=CLKNyK71pMQCFcPPcgodemIAu...

http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/10/azerbaijan-free-expression-clampdo...

http://www.osce.org/odihr/106115?download=true

https://house.org/country/azerbaijan