What happens when the chair of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee heads to Azerbaijan, home to a new generation of young political prisoners who quote (Nobel Peace Prize winning) dissidents at their show trial to explain why they challenge the regime? We will see later this week. More: The Cat and Mouse principle - Mr. Jagland goes to Baku (new Rumeli observer): The suffragettes were fighting for a then radical idea – women having the same political rights as men – just as NIDA activists are defending the radical idea that the European Convention on Human Rights and its provisions also apply in Azerbaijan. The goal of the government at the time was to break their will, without too much embarrassment. The same is happening in Baku today. In the end history was not on the side of the British government denying basic rights. Just as history is not on the side of the regime in Baku. Mr. Jagland might evoke not only the long tradition of political prisoners his Nobel Peace Prize Committee has honored. He might also recall the history of the Suffragettes. And tell president Ilham Aliyev that he is on the wrong side of history. It might not work this time. But at the very least the Council of Europe should not be on the wrong side of history too. esiweb.org/rumeliobserver/2014/05/04/the-cat-and-mouse-principle-and-the-visit-by-mr-jagland-in-baku/
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 05:45:04 +0000
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