“Azadliq Supporter” by commonroman
This photo shows a supporter of Azerbaijan's opposition Azadliq (“Freedom”) electoral bloc standing outside one of the bloc's buildings two days after last weekend's parliamentary elections. The vote has been condemned as rigged by observers and the opposition. Backers of the opposition have already held one rally and plan more in the days to come while the government is trying to defuse unrest by acknowledging and addressing some of the problems in the voting. azerbaijan.neweurasia.net blogs solely on Azerbaijan and has been following news regarding the election closely.
Written byNathan Hamm
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The international community needs to stand by Azerbaijan’s committment for free and fair elections. Students groups here in the U.S. such as Students for Global Democracy is trying to get the U.S. government to reject these past elctions and call for new ones. There needs to be more support from the international community to help Azerbaijan’s committment for democracy.
Nathan, I thought you might be interested in this blog: http://www.blogian.cjb.net