Jabbar Savalan updates its readers on the case of a youth activist recently arrested in Azerbaijan [1]. In its latest entry, the blog reports that the Dalga Youth Movement have issued a statement concerning the arrest [2] [EN], while in another, it posts a photograph of a protest demonstration held in his support [3] [AZ]. Chanting “we are all junkies,” supporters of Jabbar Savalan believe that charges of drug possession are fabricated and politically motivated in the aftermath of protests in Egypt [4] [EN].
Azerbaijan: We are all Junkies…
· Written by Onnik Krikorian
Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Protest, Youth