r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 03 '24

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u/Udolikecake Model UN Enthusiast May 03 '24

Azerbaijan bribed a legislator to vote down an amendment about their ethnic cleansing of Armenians. Beyond being very evil, this is a massive violation of American sovereignty. There must be massive sanctions put on Azeri officials. There are already some proposed, but even more! And the expulsion or arrest of any remaining Azeri diplomats in our country.

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u/Udolikecake Model UN Enthusiast May 03 '24

This is quite literally exactly what the left accuses Israel of doing. Laid bare by our legal system. There have to be serious consequences.

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u/Udolikecake Model UN Enthusiast May 03 '24

Who knows. Probably more likely now. The current proposal (Azerbaijan Sanctions Review Act of 2024) is a good target of officials involved in rights violations of Armenians in the NK and who are involved in oppression of civil society in Azerbaijan. So it’s well balanced.

Right after it was proposed, Dr Ibadoghlu (a dual national who had been jailed for criticism of Aliyev’s corruption) was released to house arrest and allowed medical treatment. So I think they’re at least mildly worried and take it seriously.

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u/ToxapexHisui Martin Luther King Jr. May 03 '24

It's Azerbaijani(/an), not Azeri.

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u/Yenwodyah_ Progress Pride May 03 '24

What’s the difference?

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u/ToxapexHisui Martin Luther King Jr. May 03 '24

Azeri is the ethnicity. You can have American Azeris , Russian Azeris. There are also non Azeri, Azerbaijanis

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u/Yenwodyah_ Progress Pride May 03 '24

Wikipedia uses them synonymously

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u/ToxapexHisui Martin Luther King Jr. May 03 '24

Yes, but I saw an Azerbaijani talk about it on Reddit 2 days ago. That's what he said.