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    AZERBAIJANI-AMERICANS: HEYDAR ALIYEV MEXICO MONUMENT INSULT TO AZERBAIJANI AND MEXICAN PEOPLE

    Azeri Report
    Oct 3 2012

    WASHINGTON. DC. October 3, 2012. Azerbaijani-Americans for Democracy
    (AZAD) has written a letter to the government of Mexico City regarding
    the recent media reports about the monument to the late Azerbaijani
    dictator Heydar Aliyev that was erected in return for the millions
    of dollars the Azerbaijani government paid for renovation of parks
    in Mexico City.

    Below is the text of AZAD's letter:

    "Dear Honorable Head of Government Mr. Ebrard, Honorable Members of
    the Government of Federal District of Mexico,

    Our organization has learned from the recent news articles in major
    international media outlets about the monument to the late Azerbaijani
    dictator and former communist chief and KGB General Heydar Aliyev
    erected in one of the Mexico City's parks.

    Mexican public would benefit from knowing that Heydar Aliyev was
    not a founder, but a demolisher of modern Azerbaijani democracy. By
    the time he came to power in 1993 in a Russian-backed military coup,
    overthrowing the democratically elected government of the country,
    Azerbaijan was already an independent state for two years. By that
    time, Azerbaijan's independence had long been recognized by the UN
    and all major world powers, including Mexico.

    What Heydar Aliyev and his cronies have built instead is neo-feudal,
    corrupt petro-dictatorship where the throne ("presidency") after his
    death was passed to his son Ilham Aliyev.

    Under Aliyev dynasty, rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens are
    trampled. Journalists, bloggers, dissidents, and civic activists are
    regularly beaten, jailed and tortured, some are murdered. Peaceful
    protests are violently suppressed by police and plain-clothed
    government agents. All elections are falsified. Just last week,
    a secret cam video released online revealed how the seats in the
    national parliament are not only selected by the President, instead
    of being elected by voters, but also are sold by the regime leadership
    for million dollar bribes.

    While the vast majority of the population, in spite of Azerbaijan's
    enormous oil revenues, is still poor, Ilham Aliyev's eleven years
    old son owns a $40 million dollar luxury mansion in a Dubai resort.

    President Aliyev's family, through secretive off-shore firms, has taken
    control of the country's largest banks, gold mines, phone companies,
    and other enterprises.

    These and many other shameful facts about the Aliyev dictatorship
    are well-documented in reports by the international media, human
    rights organizations and foreign governments, and can be discovered
    by a simple Google search. This corrupt, repressive system is the
    real legacy of Heydar Aliyev. What he founded is hardly worth of
    commemoration in a free society governed by basic moral norms.

    Perhaps the government of Mexico City feels obliged to show an
    appreciation for the multi-million dollars help provided by the
    Azerbaijani authorities. As generous as it may be, that donation
    is but a small drop in the bucket of billions stolen by the Aliyev
    regime from regular citizens. Therefore, as a sign of gratitude to the
    Azerbaijani people, whose money given was given for the renovation
    of your parks, I humbly suggest that a simple pole with Azerbaijani
    flag along with the statement of appreciation of Mexican-Azerbaijani
    friendship would suffice.

    Heydar Aliyev was not a noble man that deserves to be honored in
    public parks and squares. Having his monument erected in Mexico City
    is an affront to the Azerbaijanis that suffer at the hands of his
    corrupt dictatorship and it can only be an insult to Mexicans who
    value their own nation's long-established traditions of freedom,
    human rights and dignity, and justice." (Azeri Report)

    http://azerireport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3725&Ite mid=53



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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