tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post7460182610488985712..comments2023-11-05T04:18:46.009-08:00Comments on thoughts on the road: Government shuts Day.AzErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670952264797321717noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-33826326708461483542009-02-26T04:56:00.000-08:002009-02-26T04:56:00.000-08:00Day.az came back online today with no comment expl...Day.az came back online today with no comment explaining the delay at all. Anar Mamedkahanov is no longer the owner of the portal. Day.az/forum isn't linked to by day.az anymore (dead link), now it's a web forum in its own right: www.600min.az. Interestingly, the much debated interview with Boris Berezovsky has been deleted.Rihad Haciyevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459371289796058524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-43042750635342831672009-02-24T07:44:00.000-08:002009-02-24T07:44:00.000-08:00Thanks for the tip. Yes, as you point out - a step...Thanks for the tip. Yes, as you point out - a step back for freedom of speech in Azerbaijan. Of course - to be realistic - freedom of speech has been pretty tightly restricted for some time. It just looks like the grip is tightening rapidly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-18210795299700056882009-02-23T23:52:00.000-08:002009-02-23T23:52:00.000-08:00day.az/forum (mostly in Russian) is back online un...day.az/forum (mostly in Russian) is back online under a different disguise: http://www.600min.az/<BR/>Interestingly, the forum administration deleted the recently opened topic where users asked what might have caused the interruption.<BR/>So long, freedom of speech in Azerbaijan.Rihad Haciyevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459371289796058524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-54558431071855776572009-02-22T12:19:00.000-08:002009-02-22T12:19:00.000-08:00No - I didn't see this piece. Thanks for the tip! ...No - I didn't see this piece. Thanks for the tip! I'm still adjusting after coming back to USA Friday.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670952264797321717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-80759666393158532812009-02-22T07:52:00.000-08:002009-02-22T07:52:00.000-08:00JD and I must be reading the New York Times simult...JD and I must be reading the New York Times simultaneously--I just appended a link to that article on Onnik's Global Voices piece. Perhaps we'll have to modify "Yes we can" to "Maybe we can if we have time after we get the other problems solved"? (sigh)Anihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05443689500887100154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-43613867355186032002009-02-22T07:26:00.000-08:002009-02-22T07:26:00.000-08:00Have you seen today's New York Times' piece mentio...Have you seen today's New York Times' piece mentioning Azerbaijan amongst the discussion of <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/weekinreview/22baker.html" REL="nofollow">fostering democracy?</A>Justin D. Tapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12618278252714742391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-83253026946698837642009-02-19T09:14:00.001-08:002009-02-19T09:14:00.001-08:00The ostensible reason isn't related to the referen...The ostensible reason isn't related to the referendum - but clamping down on the media is consistent with the goal of getting the desired results from the vote.<BR/><BR/>Also - I continue to wonder about the murder of the general - and how that fits into the whole scene. I have my theories - but they are just that.....Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670952264797321717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-23504277872571426572009-02-19T09:14:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:14:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670952264797321717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-39467213912277292282009-02-19T09:10:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:10:00.000-08:00Yet interestingly, no theories linking it to the r...Yet interestingly, no theories linking it to the referendum...Onnik Krikorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635856483546209785noreply@blogger.com