[governance] Rights issues in Azerbaijan / What will CS @ Baku do?

[Norbert Bollow]

Dear all,

Oksana's points sound very convincing to me.

Greetings,
Norbert


Oksana Prykhodko <sana.pryhod at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am writing from Ukraine, mentioned above)
> 
> You are talking about boycott. I would like to know - boycott of whom?
> 
> If you are talking about boycott of oligarchy (nice ancient word for
> mafia in power in Post-Soviet world) - it can really work! Please
> boycott all children of "our" presidents in Western universities, all
> our "businessmen" at your business lunches, do not give visa to
> Schengen and USA to "our" VIPs, their wife,  their lovers, their
> children. Block their bank accounts in Western banks! This is the only
> one mechanism to stop them! Even free and democratic election in such
> countries can not help - I am speaking about experience of orange
> revolution in Ukraine(
> 
> But do not boycott IG event in the country, which can use (of course
> there is the possibility that it will not use) this tool to approach
> to direct democracy!
> 
> The possibility of boycott of soccer craziness in Ukraine leaves me
> absolutely indifferent. From my taxes I paid  more for Euro 2012 then
> I pay for pensions, and in any case I can not return my money(
> 
> I (50 years old, female) doubt if this soccer event can teach me
> something useful for democratic development. But I will be happy to
> see great IG event in Ukraine - maybe with special workshop (or at
> least remote participation) from prison, where Julia Timoshenko is
> tortured just now!
> 
> Sorry for extra emotions,
> Best regards,
> Oksana Prykhodko
> 
> 
> 
> 2012/5/4 Avri Doria <avri at acm.org>:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Well I think there may be some distance between meddling and being suppor=
> tive.
> >
> > avri
> >
> > On 4 May 2012, at 08:06, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
> >
> >> Further, at this point, with the scant info I have, if I decided to go
> >> to Baku, I would not meddle in the local political situation at all.
> >>
> >> frt rgds
> >>
> >> --c.a.
> >>
> >> On 05/04/2012 08:55 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 4 May 2012, at 07:51, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> The problem with trying to be supportive by being there is that most of
> >>>> us do not know details of the political situation to engage in a
> >>>> complicated political scenario as foreigners.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> As with previous situations, we find out from those who are there, what=
>  they need us to help with.
> >>>
> >>> Are they asking us to boycott?
> >>>
> >>> avri
> >>
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