These days I feel like my brain is running under a heavy workload. I am not able to hold a conversation without scripting it first: like games where ending can change depending on your choices. My brain calculates every possible outcome and it is hard for me to function.
The most enjoyable moment for me is when I sit with someone and just keep silent. Like, I want to say a thousand things but in the end silence seems like the best choice.
2024. Die aserbaidschanische Journalistin Ulviyya (Ali) Guliyeva erklärt mir mit welcher Masche Journalisten hier verhaftet werden: Ihnen wird Geld untergeschoben, sie stehen dann wegen "Bargeldschmuggel" vor Gericht. 2025. Guliyeva wird selbst verhaftet. In ihrer Wohnung werden 6.700€ versteckt.
Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Ulviyya Ali writes of the psychological toll on Azerbaijani prisoners in a letter dated one year after her arrest.
Azerbaijan prison dispatches: isolation, self-harm, silence — the psychological toll of detention
Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Ulviyya Ali writes of the psychological toll on Azerbaijani prisoners in a letter dated one year after her arrest.
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One year ago today, seven police officers stormed the Baku home of former VOA News freelance reporter Ulviyya Ali at midnight, searched it, and arrested her. HRF demands her immediate release and accountability for the abuse she has suffered in detention.
Happy to contribute advocacy efforts for Ahmad Mammadli — an Azerbaijani journalist, human rights defender, and founder of independent media outlet Yoldaş Media, who was sentenced to 6 years in prison on fabricated charges in retaliation for his reporting. ahmadmammadli.info
Free Ahmad Mammadli | Əhməd Məmmədliyə azadlıq!
Ahmad Mammadli, Azerbaijani journalist and activist, was sentenced to 6 years in prison on fabricated charges. Demand his release.
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I published this command line tool to download books from Russian Public Historical Library github.com/cavidaga/pye...
Wrote a Wikipedia article about Jacob Reineggs, who visited Caucasus in 1780-1784. He later became court physician to Heraclius II, eventually instrumental in annexation of Georgia to Russian Empire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_R...
Jacob Reineggs - Wikipedia
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There is a new Thai food place next to my house and man, I should have tried Khao Soi with duck long ago.
I translated "Una Embajada de Clemente VIII a Persia (1600-1609)" by O.S.A. Carlos Alonso to English. You can buy for $15 here: www.patreon.com/posts/clemen...
Clement VIII's Persian Gamble | Cavid Ağa
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"As ridiculous as it sounds, being radical in Azerbaijan amounts to writing articles and conducting interviews," says @louisemichelone.bsky.social.
“After Azerbaijan, I changed three countries and four homes," says @cavid.info. “I still have difficulty processing it. Rebuilding a circle of friends, meeting new people, retelling the same story to everyone — it is mentally exhausting.”
Azerbaijani journalist @ulviyyaali.bsky.social continues to work from prison, here interviewing Azerbaijani activists living in exile: ulviyyaali.com/the-life-of-...
The Life of Civil Society in Exile
Over the past three years, the Azerbaijani state has sent one part of civil society to prison and another abroad. This trend reminds us of the Soviet experience. Just as in the last century…
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I will be an addict of something by this month. Still choosing the best substance.
Slavoj Žižek and renowned scholars demand freedom for Bahruz Samadov freebahruzcampaign.org/news/zizek-s...
Today mom dumped an insane lore about my childhood. Apparently I started walking at the month of 8 before crawling. I was sitting all the time before. One day they walked in and I was just standing there lol.
I have always wondered why I use English on social media. Contrary to what people think, I am not trying to be as universal as possible. It is just that English is the most comfortable language to express my intimate feelings in.
The most brutal thing to discover about myself since arriving in Warsaw was that I am genuinely incapable of expressing any feeling externally. Everything goes inside - the joy, the rage, the love and the sadness etc.
Life feels unbearable in exile oftentimes. Loneliness is killing me, not gonna lie.
I fucking hate it man. One of my friends committed suicide today by walking into Caspian Sea. No notes, no farewell. I fucking hate it.
Azerbaijan’s presidential website has briefly published, then quietly removed, a detailed regulation outlining how the State Security Service would collect and access personal data on citizens and residents through a new centralised system. oc-media.org/azerbaijan-d...
Azerbaijan deletes plan for detailed surveillance system minutes after publication
The plan outlined how the State Security Service would collect and access personal data.
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Message from @smdov.bsky.social: 1. He greets OSCE ODIHR conference participants. 2. "I call on the organizers to pay attention to the current deplorable situation regarding human rights in Azerbaijan — the issue of political prisoners." 3. "I thank those who raised this issue."
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
Ulviyya Ali
Official website of the independent journalist, human rights defender, and political prisoner Ulviyya Ali.
ulviyyaali.com