Arzu Geybulla
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Regional Editor at Global Voices
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1 week ago |
globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |María Alvarez Malvido |Georgia Popplewell |Arzu Geybulla
The detention of opposition politician Nika Melia on May 29, coupled with a wave of arbitrary entry bans and expulsions targeting activists, journalists, and even diplomats, paints a grim picture of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) government's intent to silence dissent and consolidate power. The country's sinking ranking on international freedom indexes underscores how the ruling government is drifting away from its former European aspirations.
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2 weeks ago |
globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Arzu Geybulla
Image by Arzu Geybullayeva. Created using Canva Pro. In December 2024, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) began a multi-pronged assault on the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) members and its democratically elected mayors. Chief among the targets was Ekrem İmamoğlu, the thrice-elected mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB).
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2 weeks ago |
globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Brian Hioe |Arzu Geybulla
Ulviyya Guliyeva, or Ulviyya Ali as she is known among her friends, is the 25th journalist to have been sent behind bars in Azerbaijan in a vicious assault on independent and opposition-aligned media that started in November 2023. The journalist, who reported for Voice of America until February this year, and is known for her coverage of rights violations, freedom of expression, and social injustice stories, anticipated her arrest.
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3 weeks ago |
globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Arzu Geybulla
Following the 12th congress held between May 5–7, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and the EU, announced its imminent disarmament and dissolution in a statement on May 12, 2025.
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3 weeks ago |
globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Arzu Geybulla
Nearly half a year since the fatal Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane crash near the city of Aqtau in Kazakhstan, authorities in Baku say Russia is dragging its feet in sharing the results of an investigation that the Russian authorities promised to carry out. The plane was downed on December 25, 2024, after being struck by “external objects,” which video footage and eyewitness testimony attribute to a Russian missile.
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