"From Harvard to Prison" is a short video about Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, an Azerbaijani youth activist and blogger currently serving a two-year prison sentence on trumped-up charges of evading military service. His imprisonment has been protested by human rights organizations. Do not stay indifferent and demand the government of Azerbaijan to immediately release Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. Show your support by sharing this video with your friends and colleagues. It takes only one click. Azerbaijan's human rights record deteriorated in 2011. The government cracked down on all forms of protest and imprisoned dozens of youth activists after sham trials. Although the number of government-initiated criminal and civil libel cases against journalists decreased, the atmosphere for journalists and other critics remained hostile. Restrictions on freedom of religion and torture and ill-treatment in custody also persisted. Geysar Gurbanov is a civil rights activist from Azerbaijan. He advocates for peace, democracy, and human rights in the South Caucasus. Watch other videos on his YouTube channel (youtube.com Learn more about the South Caucasus at South Caucasus Diary (southcaucasus.blogspot.com). Теги:AzerbaijanEurovision2012songcontestevictionshomehumanrightsfreedomspropertyviolationsabuseforcedrecordworldgovernmentdemocracyprotestdestructionoppositionwatchvideodocumentaryGeysarGurbanovdemolitionfreedomreport2011expropriationsunlawfulprotestsbakhtiyarhajiyevamnestyinternationalnewBəxtiyarHacıyevyouthbloggerarrestsupportharvardprisonactivistelections
Dargah of Hazrat Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (RA) in Delhi. This is where the Phool Walon ki Sair takes place each year! According to Wikipedia: "Phool Walon Ki Sair (Hindi: फूल वालों की सैर, Urdu: پھُول والوں کی سیر) meaning "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of Delhi. It is a three-day festival, generally held in the month of September, just after the rainy season in the region of Mehrauli, Delhi. A festival is seen as an example of the composite culture of Delhi, which has bolstered an environment of communal harmony in the city, and even today the festival is celebrated by both Hindus and Muslims alike. This secular festival involves a procession, led by shehnai players and dancers, and bearing large floral fans, pankha, to Yogmaya Temple, the shrine of Devi Jog Maya, and winds though Mehrauli bazar, to reach the dargah of 13th century Sufi saint, Khwaja Bakhtiyar Kaki. Also known as Sair-e-Gul Faroshan (Hindi: सैर-ए-गुल फ़रोशां, Urdu: سیرِ گُل فروشاں), during this three festival, the flower sellers pray for a better flower season in the coming year by offering big fans, pankha, embroidered with flowers to both shrines. Just as when it was first conceived, and had the Mughal Emperor as its patron, these days the festival has the Prime Minister of India has its main patron; Jawaharlal Nehru who revived and inaugurated festival in 1962, and all the PMs hence, have equally participated in the ... Теги:HajiAliDargahInMumbaibombayworlinarimanpointseafacekhandalaaatibollywoodfilmcityfinancialbusinesshubcenterdalalstreetsensexbsenseparelandherimilloberoitajterroristgatewayhanginggardensparsiutvsetboriviliborivalibachchan
