‘These handcuffs are temporary, sooner or later, they will be removed.’
Final Statements
‘We are the independent journalists of this country, we have no obligation to please the president.’
‘Everyone who took part in these politically ordered arrests will carry this stain for the rest of their lives.’
‘I demand the maximum sentence. Because I despise you. I will not live on this land or in this country with you.’
'This country does not belong only to the 5 or 10 children of oligarchs, but to the millions of other children as well. Every child in Azerbaijan has the right to live in prosperity, justice, and dignity.'
'And none of this is about the law. Nor is it about the truth. And in this sense, of course, it is much easier for me, because in 20 months I have not had to lie once. And telling the truth is easy and pleasant. Ultimately, truth and justice always prevail.'
'All this year, I feel like a victim of the greatest absurdity I have ever encountered in life and art.'
'For some reason, it is now customary to take pride only in military successes. Excuse me, but the motherland is like a mother. Mothers sometimes get sick, and sometimes things don't work out for them. Does that mean we stop loving them? No.'
‘Stop torturing my grandmother and my children.’
'We were sentenced to 13 to 19 years for alleged terrorist activity. In this country, people get less time for actual murder.'
'The generation that has already passed has bequeathed to us to protect the world with all our might, as the most valuable thing on Earth for all its inhabitants. And we have neglected his precepts and devalued our memory of these people and the victims of that war.'
'It is unacceptable to persecute for art.'
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