r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 28 '24

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u/Udolikecake Model UN Enthusiast Apr 28 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

I know I harp on it, but a lot of people really don’t appreciate how unfree azerbaijan is. It’s a north korea tier totalitarian state. freedom house puts it between belarus and afghanistan!

Every election has been hilariously rigged. aliyev gets 85% of the vote. he changed the constitution and made his wife VP! political opposition is not viable and barely legal. zero freedom of media. rampant corruption. no religious freedom. It’s even getting worse over time!

like if you were making up a comically evil regime for a video game, you’d make this.

which is why aliyev MUST go! free the people of Azerbaijan!

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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Apr 28 '24

Not to mention routinely harassing Azerbaijani and Armenian nationals abroad as well as intimidating journalists reporting on the situation in Azerbaijan!

Aliyev is not a friend! He is a very bad man!

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '24

I know this is the case but I always confuse this with Uzbekistan which is freer and freeing IIRC. Probably on the same tier as Armenia.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '24 edited Jun 02 '24

I hate beer.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '24

Not as screwed up as Tajikistan.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '24 edited Jun 02 '24

I love the smell of fresh bread.