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Cesare Figari Barberis

@cesarebarberis.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher at ISGA, Leiden University. My research focuses on Emotions, Stigma and Ideology in the Caucasus and in the European Union

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Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-armenia... My forthcoming book now has a dedicated webpage! This gives some indication of what to expect from the second edition of Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry Revisited, both an update and expansion of the original volume. Cover coming soon!
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Armenia and Azerbaijan
Armenia and Azerbaijan
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
EU foreign policy chief says Israeli settlements should be treated like Russian-occupied Crimea - www.middleeasteye.net/news/eu-forei…
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EU foreign policy chief says Israeli settlements should be treated like Russian-occupied Crimea
Kaja Kallas called for European governments to take a 'principled stance' to back a ban on trade from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
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IPSA @ipsa.org · 09/09/2026
Global Resentment. Chinese and Russian Narratives of International Order www.ipsa.org/na/book/glob...
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Flavia Lucenti, PhD @flavialucenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My book "Global Resentment: Chinese and Russian Narratives of International Order" finally came out! It’s difficult to express how happy and, I must admit, emotional I am! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1... 1/
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Global Resentment | Chinese and Russian Narratives of International Or
Global Resentment investigates the role of China and Russia in global politics, treating each country as a distinct case study. Its central premise is that both
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The former head of the Azerbaijani Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre, Anar Mammadli, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, over two years since his detention in April 2024. A co-defendant in the case, Anar Abdullayev, has received a 12-year sentence.
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Azerbaijani human rights activist Anar Mammadli sentenced to 13 years in prison
Mammadli was detained in April 2024 as part of the case against Abzas Media.
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 08/09/2026
New Cambridge Element, Fuzzy Authoritarian Rule by Dawn Brancati and Nadine Sika, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at cup.org/4djHHBd
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Caucasus Survey @caucasussurvey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
brill.com/view/journal... Recently published in Caucasus Survey: 'The Nationalization of Karabakh through Popular Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1960s and 1970s', by Toghrul Abbasov
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The Nationalization of Karabakh through Popular Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1960s and 1970s
Abstract This article traces how Karabakh was transformed into a cultural symbol and a cornerstone of Azerbaijani national identity in Soviet Azerbaijan. It shows how in the post-Stalin era, Azerbaija...
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Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A fascinating study by Toghrul Abbasov challenging a widely held view of Azerbaijani nationalism as simply reacting to Armenian nationalism in the 1980s, and showing how Azerbaijani nation-building combined with new forms of mass popular culture in the post-Stalin era.
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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In this piece, Ian Klinke and I argue that worries about 🇩🇪 reset with 🇷🇺 are off the mark. The real problem with German geopolitical thinking is "zombie Atlanticism" & fixation on a version of US that no longer exists. @warontherocks.bsky.social @prcp.cuni.cz @ims.fsv.cuni.cz #ostpolitik
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Why Are People Talking About a German Reset with Russia?
The summer of 2026 has raised questions once again among politicians, diplomats, and academics about whether Germany might be about to dither on Russia.
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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
😍😡 Emotions research meets European studies: a systematic literature review and future research agenda by Seda Gürkan, @cesarebarberis.bsky.social & Jaroslaw Kantorowicz 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 04/09/2026
#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social - Neocolonial decoloniality?: Ontological (in)security and the Pantayong Pananaw master fantasy - cup.org/4qRHBGy - Michael Magcamit #FirstView
Promotional banner for "Review of International Studies" featuring a partial view of the Earth from space, with the text "#OpenAccess" displayed.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
So, let me get this straight, the US illegally attacks a country, kidnaps its president, threatens its government with massive military force, gets them to hand over to US control a huge portion of their national assets, hails the billions it has already brought in and promises billions more...
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Cesare Figari Barberis @cesarebarberis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It amazes me that we banned or socially marginalised Russian academia for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but at the same time we have ECPR adversing a tenure-track position in Israel in the aftermath of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians... You really have no shame.
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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
One thing to remember about Cofnas is that he’s against other people’s academic freedom. That’s why I’m not signing the letter defending him on those grounds.
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Area Studies (Africa) #ECPRMemberJobs 🎓 PhD in a relevant social science discipline 🏫 Charles University ⌛ Monday 14 September 🔗 buff.ly/h6wsKAp #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
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We are hiring: Researcher in Comparative Area Studies, with a Focus on Africa (Postdoctoral level) - CenMAS
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in comparative area studies, with a focus on Sub-Saharan
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Postdoctoral Positions in Political Science #ECPRMemberJobs 👥 2-3 available positions 🏫 Aarhus University ⌛ Tuesday 15 September 🔗 buff.ly/guCbZaJ #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
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2–3 Three-year Postdoc Positions at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University Centre for the Experimental-Philosophical Study of Discrimination (CEPDISC) - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Collecting #TextData opens new possibilities when conducting #Research, but can it be analyzed efficiently? Join our virtual #Methods course with Preya Bhattacharya for a hands-on demonstration in #RStudio showing how to clean data, build visualizations & more. Open to all. Register: buff.ly/yk1coKa
Virtual PASS Course: Text Analysis in RStudio. Monday, 24 August. 12 PM - 2 PM (ET). 4 PM - 6 PM (UTC). Cost: $40 | Open to all. ISA logo. Background: RStudio on a laptop with a stack of papers.
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Silencing Dissent: #Academic #Freedom & Transnational Suppression of #Palestinian #Solidarity By Sevgi Doğan, Donatella Della Porta & Federico Alagna doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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European Journal of International Security @ejisbisa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🚀📚 NEW: "Aesthetics of ontological security" from @iremcihan.bsky.social. 👉 Open access - read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Karl Gustafsson @profgustafsson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We are hiring! The Department of Political Science @FHS is recruiting a scholarship-funded PhD student with a focus on Japanese security policy. The deadline is 31 August. web103.reachmee.com/ext/I012/256...
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Announcement of a scholarship-funded PhD student opportunity in political science specialising in crisis management and security (with a particular focus on Japanese security policy)
Find out more about political science at the Swedish Defence University here. Announcement of a scholarship-funded
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Cesare Figari Barberis @cesarebarberis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Reminder to submit your abstract/panel to the #ASIAC 2026 conference on #Central #Asia and the #Caucasus! 14-16 December, in beautiful Università Ca' Foscari, Venice 🙂 Disciplines can vary from linguistics to politics, from anthropology to history and more Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Cesare Figari Barberis @cesarebarberis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Reminder to submit your abstract/panel to the #ASIAC 2026 conference on #Central #Asia and the #Caucasus! 14-16 December, in beautiful Università Ca' Foscari, Venice 🙂 Disciplines can vary from linguistics to politics, from anthropology to history and more Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We have just kicked off our #BISA2026 public lecture with Professor Ilan Pappe 🌟 Entitled ‘Gaza as an epicentre - the breakdown of the international order’ this promises to be an incredible discussion 🌍 Thank you to CAPPE and @brightonuni.bsky.social for helping us with this wonderful event! 🎉
a room full of people listening to a lecture Heba and Ilan Pappe giving their public lecture
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Cesare Figari Barberis @cesarebarberis.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thecall for for #ASIAC26, taking place at Ca'​ Foscari in Venice in December 2026, is finally out! ASIAC is developing into a leading conference on the #Caucasus and #CentralAsia, while still maintaining an affordable fee. Plus, Venice is always a nice travel destination ;) See you in Venice!
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Cesare Figari Barberis @cesarebarberis.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thecall for for #ASIAC26, taking place at Ca'​ Foscari in Venice in December 2026, is finally out! ASIAC is developing into a leading conference on the #Caucasus and #CentralAsia, while still maintaining an affordable fee. Plus, Venice is always a nice travel destination ;) See you in Venice!
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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
just thinking again about this article from a top poli sci journal
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Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
www.civilnet.am/en/news/1008... This is an encyclopedic new book that follows the labyrinthine trail of Armenian-Azerbaijani diplomacy on the Karabakh conflict since its inception to the end of 2025, by Hrair Balian. An important new resource for students and scholars of Arm-Az relations.
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Why Peace Failed: Hrair Balian’s Anatomy of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict - CIVILNET
By Karen Harutyunyan Palgrave Macmillan has published Hrair Balian’s substantial volume Anatomy of Peacemaking: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and Missed Opportunities. Newmag is expected to release the Ar...
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Rebecca Adler-Nissen @adler-nissen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🚀 We're hiring postdocs/assistant professors for my @erc.europa.eu project, TECHORDER, exploring how companies and states struggle over tech and global order. The project is based at the Dep of Political Science, University of Copenhagen Deadline: 20 April Apply: employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
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Rebecca Adler-Nissen @adler-nissen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Our book "The Brussels Bubble: Inside the European Union in the Digital Age" is soon out with CUP! We give an alternative account of how tech and social media transform power and take the reader on an ethnographic journey to the backstage of multilateralism, from Brexit to Russia's war on Ukraine
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 08/03/2026
Europeans struggling to cope with the U.S. military's inflammatory interventions in Iran may realize the practical impact of this conflict could be more severe than it's political effect: It could starve Ukraine of American-made weapons. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
arisc.org?p=12722 [call for papers] 'Celebrating 20 Years of ARISC: Approaches & Directions in the Study Of the South Caucasus', **virtual** conference 17-19 September 2026, deadline 31 March; broad thematic parameters, details in link.
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Call for Papers: Celebrating 20 Years of ARISC: Approaches and Directions in the Study of the South Caucasus – American Research Institute of the South Caucasus
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Kevork Oskanian @drkevorko.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Operation Epstein Fury.
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Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPXI... Full recording of an interview with the renowned Azerbaijani author Akram Aylisli by @tomdewaal.bsky.social and his literary translator Katherine E. Young. Aylisli shares his humanistic and anti-nationalist views, and other memories of a remarkable life.
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An Interview with Azerbaijani Author Akram Aylisli - February 5, 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan
YouTube video by Lit-Up Live
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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
#SummerSchool Teaching or advising students in IR, diplomacy, global governance, or tech policy? The Institute’s Summer Programme in Geneva graduateinstitute.ch/summer — offers a flexible format featuring lectures, workshops, visits to IOs & networking with practitioners & 3 ECTS earned per module.
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Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
www.agos.com.tr/tr/haber/old... My latest on the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process for @agosgazetesi.bsky.social
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Old habits die hard: The Strategic Ambiguity of Armenian-Azerbaijani Peace
"Gradualism may lead to a ‘thin’ peace manifested in state-mediated exchanges, trade and functional interactions, yet which is not supported and backed up by a ‘thicker’ peace of networked ties across...
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
This should be obvious to everyone: if Europe backs down and lets the US take Greenland, the transatlantic relationship would no longer be an alliance. Europeans would become dominated American satellites without sovereignty just like EEuropeans were Soviet satellites in the Warsaw Pact years.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Imprisoned Azerbijani academic Bahruz Samadov has been transferred from Umbaki prison to the N11 facility and placed in solitary confinement. His grandmother says these new conditions have led him to again consider committing suicide. 🔗: oc-media.org/bahruz-samad...
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Bahruz Samadov threatens suicide after being placed in solitary confinement
Samadov was recently temporarily transferred to a new prison and placed in poor conditions.
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Länder-Analysen @laenderanalysen.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Neue Ausgabe des Russian Analytical Digest: Russia-Azerbaijan Relations: Diese Ausgabe widmet sich den angespannten Beziehungen zwischen Aserbaidschan und Russland nach dem Bruch im Jahr 2025. css.ethz.ch/publikatione...
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Cavid Ağa @cavid.info · 06/10/2025
Dear friends, I have launched a website for @ulviyyaali.bsky.social where you will be able to read her letters from prison and relevant news about her case: ulviyyaali.com
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Ulviyya Ali
Official website of the independent journalist, human rights defender, and political prisoner Ulviyya Ali.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 06/10/2025
Ursula von der Leyen can’t get too comfortable. When she appears today before the European Parliament to defend her reputation (again), it’s known that even if her centrist opponents are keeping her in post, there’s always a next time.
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Von der Leyen will face endless challenges to her position
As the European Commission president braces for another no-confidence vote debate on Monday, she knows the tests will keep coming.
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
📣 The call for workshop proposals for #EWIS2026 in Izmir is now open! 🗓️ Deadline: 24 November 2025 🔗 More info here: buff.ly/HG9Jyqu
1-3 July 2026. 13th European Workshops in International Studies. Izmir University of Economics, Turkey. EWIS 2026 local hosts. 1-3 July 2026. 13th European Workshops in International Studies. Izmir University of Economics, Turkey. Serhun Al. Izmir University of Economics. Local Organizer. Umut Can Adisönmez. Izmir University of Economics. Programme Co-Chair.
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P. Anh Nguyen @anhphnguyen.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
My new article is out now in @millennjournal.bsky.social ! Not the first paper I wrote during the PhD—but the first one to make it into the world 🌍 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Engaging With Temporal Others: Memory, Trauma and (In)security Across Time - Phuong Anh Nguyen, 2025
This paper examines how traumatic memory traverses temporal boundaries and shapes ontological (in)security across the past, present and future. Drawing on illus...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
📌 Can Azerbaijan really seek peace while it continues to repress its own people? Opinion by Vafa Naghiyeva oc-media.org/opinion-can-...
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Opinion | Can Azerbaijan really seek peace while it continues to repress its own people?
For true peace to happen, Azerbaijan must go beyond external agreements and look within to create change.
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Cavid Ağa @cavid.info · 04/09/2025
Message from @smdov.bsky.social: "My trials were conducted very unfairly. No one was allowed into my hearings. They could not prove my guilt in any way. I ask all honest people to share that I am innocent and that I was imprisoned for wanting peace and justice."
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Cavid Ağa @cavid.info · 03/09/2025
Italian media published an article about @ulviyyaali.bsky.social with my, @cesarebarberis.bsky.social and Ulviyya's mother's comments included. altreconomia.it/il-silenzio-...
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Il silenzio europeo sulla feroce repressione in Azerbaigian
Il presidente Aliyev ha imposto un’ulteriore stretta sulle libertà. Giornalisti, attivisti e oppositori vengono arrestati e torturati. A un anno dalla Cop29 l’Ue continua a non battere ciglio, così co...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
While the peace pledge between Azerbaijan and Armenia exists on paper, Azerbaijani activists and scholars argue that putting it into practice and undoing decades of institutionalised anti-Armenian sentiment is something different altogether. oc-media.org/azerbaijans-...
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Azerbaijan’s peace pledge to fight hate speech faces skepticism from activists and legal scholars
Despite a peace deal clause banning hate speech, critics say entrenched anti-Armenian propaganda could hinder real change.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🅾️ Opinion: Azerbaijan should align its actions to its commitment to peace — free Bahruz Samadov now. oc-media.org/opinion-my-f...
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Opinion | My friend Bahruz is in prison for advocating peace — now that’s state policy
Azerbaijan should align its actions to its commitment to peace — free Bahruz Samadov now.
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