Azerbaijan: Email correspondence with expelled student activist
Thoughts on the Road says it has communicated with Parviz Azimov, a youth activist recently expelled from his university, via email. The blog says his former student intends to appeal and protest the decision to international bodies.
I chatted today - via e-mail - with Parviz, my former student who was expelled last month for writing about corruption at his university. He sounded defiant - but he also seems resigned to the fact that the expulsion from the university is unlikely to be reversed. I asked about his plans. Parviz said he is contacting international organizations and protesting the decision. I’m posting YouTube footage of a protest held earlier this week. The footage and an article about the case can be found at this site - but it’s all in Azerbaijani.
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- Published:
- 04.23.09 / 6pm by Onnik
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- Azerbaijan, Blogs, Corruption, Education, Global Voices, News Briefs, Opinion
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