February 14, 2013 – 15:13 AMT
Azerbaijan has launched a lynching campaign against writer Akram Aylisli, a Turkish historian said.
According to Taner Akcam, the author’s life is in danger over nationalist threat. “Dictator Aliyev’s regime is taking every effort to suppress protests, with Aylisli among his main targets.”
As the historian further noted, famous Turkish writers and human rights protectors spoke in Aylisli’s defence, among them: Ragıp Zarakolu, Ahmet Kardam, Aydın Engin, Baskın Oran, Cengiz Alğan, Ufuk Uras, Zeynep Tanbay.
Akcam further accused Aliyev dynasty for 1990s’ Armenian pogroms in Azerbaijan. “Akcam’s “Stone Dreams” tells the truth about the events which occurred both long ago and in the recent past,” Sesonline quoted the historian as saying.