Giyas Ibrahimov, a 22-year-old activist, was sentenced on Tuesday to ten years in prison after spray-painting anti-regime messages on a statue. On May 9, Ibrahimov and Bayram Mammadov tagged a statue of former president Heydar Aliyev, father of current president Ilham Aliyev. The additions to the statue read “Fuck the System” in English and “Congratulations on Slaves´ Day” in Azeri, both accompanied with the anarchist "A"...

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