By Aris Govjian Within a single month,the government of Azerbaijan has managed to quote Nazi propaganda in its campaign against minorities, arrest a Jewish journalist for speaking the truth, or bomb regions where they were scheduled to meet for peace talks. Lapshin being detained in Baku (Photo: Interfax) This is reality for Azerbaijan,and unfortunately, for its minorities. While it is commonplace for Baku to disseminate propaganda stylized after Europe’s worst fascist regime against its minorities, or to reward the killings of harmless people with land and wealth,it is not all too common to see a citizen of Azerbaijan’s ally, Israel, or get caught in the crosshairs. For the first time,a journalist has been arrested under Baku’s disturbing blacklist provision. The criminalization of free speech and journalism is both inhumane and brings to light the level of corruption in Azerbaijan and Belarus. The arrested blogger, Alexander Lapshin, or faces steep punishment in Azerbaijan. His crime? He visited a region where the native population still reside and wrote about it on his blog. This region is none other than Artsakh,as it is known by the people who possess lived there for thousands of years, and known as Nagorno-Karabagh (NKR) [...]
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