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    AZERBAIJAN'S RULING PARTY CALLS TO EXPEL RUSTAM IBRAHIMBEKOV AND AKRAM AYLISLI OUT OF THE COUNTRY

    17:57 30/04/2013 " SOCIETY

    In Azerbaijan, the youth wing of the ruling party "Yeni Azerbaijan"
    calls to expel famous Azerbaijani screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov
    out from the country, together with Akram Aylisli, the author who
    wrote a novel about Armenians' massacre.

    According to the Azerbaijani news agency "Haqqin.az", Seymour
    Orujov, chairman of the youth organization of the ruling party "Yeni
    Azerbaijan" appealed to declare Rustam Ibragimbekov and Akram Aylisli
    as "persona non grata".

    "It is a shame that these people still call themselves representatives
    of the Azerbaijani intelligentsia. Their actions can be regarded as
    high treason. We do not consider them members of our intelligentsia,
    and therefore demand to declare Rustam Ibragimbekov and Akram Aylisli
    as "persona non grata", said Seymour Orujov.

    In September 2012 the establishment of the Union of Azerbaijani
    Diaspora organizations in Russia (UAOR) was announced, among the
    founder of the Union were Russian billionaires from Azerbaijan,
    as well as film director Rustam Ibrahimbekov. The establishment of
    the Union has angered the authorities of Azerbaijan. Thus, the State
    Committee for Work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan called the creation
    of UAOR impractical. Azerbaijan has started to pursue relatives of
    UAOR members. In particular, in December, Elmar Valiyev, the Mayor
    of Ganja ordered to close the office of Abbas Abbasov, the son of
    one of the founders of UAOR.

    The newspaper of the ruling party "Yeni Azerbaijan" accused R.

    Ibragimbekov of "having ties with the Dashnak", etc. After a series
    of attacks in the media Ibrahimbekov satted that if the President
    of Azerbaijan does not respect him then he also is not going to
    count with Ilham Aliyev. In the beginning of January R. Ibrahimbekov
    stated that a new movement is to be created with his participation,
    the main task of the movement will be to ensure the protection of
    votes in the presidential elections and the formation of resistance
    against election frauds. The media named it "Resistance movement."

    Ekrem Eylisli is national writer (since 1998) and Honored Artist
    of Azerbaijan, holder of the highest order of Azerbaijan "Istiglal"
    (2002) and the order of "Shokhrat" for his outstanding merits in the
    literature of Azerbaijan. Recently, on the website of Russian magazine
    "Friendship of Nations" was published his novel titled "Stone Dreams"
    in which the author describes the massacres of Armenians in Baku
    in 1990 and in Nakhichevan in 1919. The author in his novel speaks
    positively about the Armenian people and their culture. The novel
    "Stone Dreams" also contains criticism over the former Azerbaijani
    President Heydar Aliyev and the tyranny of the system created by him.

    After publication of the novel, Eylisli was exposed to severe pressures
    in Azerbaijan; the pro-governmental youth held rally in front of
    his house, his issue was discussed in the parliament of Azerbaijan,
    MPs suggested to burn his books and to deprive him of citizenship and
    deport from Azerbaijan. Many people "blamed" Eylisli in his Armenian
    origin, etc. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev deprived him of
    personal pension and the title of National Writer, and accused him of
    "purposefully distorting the history of Azerbaijan" and "in distorting
    realities about history of Azerbaijan in an inappropriate way."

    The leader of the pro-governmental party "Modern Musavat" Hafis Hajiyev
    announced that he would pay about 10 Euros to the one who will cut
    the ear of the writer. Only after the intervention of the media,
    the politician was "warned" by the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan
    about the illegality of such appeals.

    The U.S. Department of State and the OSCE Office in Baku condemned
    persecution of Eylisli in Azerbaijan and called on the authorities
    to fulfill their obligations.

    Source: Panorama.am

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