Writing on Quirk Global Strategies, the former Country Director of the National Democratic Institute in Azerbaijan comments on the use of social networking sites such as Facebook [1] by supporters of recently imprisoned video blogger Adnan Hadjizadeh and youth activist Emin Milli [2]. The blog criticizes them for the tactic employed with the aim of mobilizing people inside and outside Azerbaijan [3]. Meanwhile, writing on Thoughts on the Road, an American journalist fresh from a working stay in the country disagrees and says that such tools are necessary to effect political change [4].
Azerbaijan: Social Networks and Youth Activism
· Written by Onnik Krikorian
Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Technology, Youth