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Azerbaijani presidential election, 2003
Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 15 October 2003. As expected, Ilham Aliyev, son of the outgoing president, Heydar Aliyev, was easily elected in an election which international observers held not to be free or fair.
Conduct
Human Rights Watch claimed that "the government has heavily intervened in the campaigning process in favor of Prime Minister Ilham Aliev, son of current President Heidar Aliev. The government has stacked the Central Election Commission and local election commission with its supporters, and banned local non-governmental organizations from monitoring the vote. As the elections draw nearer, government officials have openly sided with the campaign of Ilham Aliev, constantly obstructing opposition rallies and attempting to limit public participation in opposition events. In some cases, local officials have closed all the roads into town during opposition rallies, or have extended working and school hours - on one occasion, even declaring a Sunday work day - to prevent participation in opposition rallies."
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List of elections in 2003
The following elections occurred in the year 2003.
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (
i/ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ AZ-ər-by-JAHN; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan [ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn]), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, situated at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, while having a short border with Turkey in the northwest.
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence in 1918 and became the first Muslim-majority democratic and secular republic. It was also the first Muslim-majority country to have operas, theaters and modern universities. The country was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1920 as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, before the official dissolution of the USSR. In September 1991, the disputed Armenian-majority Nagorno-Karabakh region re-affirmed its willingness to create a separate state as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The region, effectively independent since the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1991, is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan until a final solution to its status is found through negotiations facilitated by the OSCE.
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Azerbaijan (disambiguation)
Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan may refer to:
- Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the former Soviet Union (1936–1991)
- Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, a short-lived state (1918–1920)
- Western Azerbaijan (political concept), an irredentist concept of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan (newspaper)
The Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan) is a state-owned newspaper and public journal published by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.
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Clashes follow presidential vote
(16 Oct 2003) 1. Demonstrators running, picking up rocks and throwing rocks at passing cars 2. Police running with shields 3. Men running down the street, shouting and waving fists 4. More demonstrators 5. Demonstrators shouting 6. Demonstrators attacking police car 7. Close up demonstrators shouting and holding pictures of opposition leader 8. Demonstrator with police shield and baton 9. Wide shot of news conference 10. Journalists 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Eicher, Head of the Election Observation Mission: "Unfortunately I'm disappointed. This election was a missed opportunity for a genuinely democratic election process." 12. Journalists 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Hindower, Representative of the Institute of Democracy in Eastern Europe: "188 observers from 17 coun...
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Preview to presidential elex in Azerbaijan
(14 Oct 2003) VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING 14 Oct 2003 1. Wide shot Baku 2. Baku mosque, with oil derricks in the background 3. Various shots of Baku harbour 4. Street showing campaign poster for Azeri prime minister Ilham Aliev in background 5. Campaign poster, showing Ilham Aliev (left) and his father, outgoing Azeri president Geidar Aliev (right) 6. Workman on ladder tearing down old campaign poster of another president hopeful 7. Torn poster 8. Poster 9. People walking down Baku street 10. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Lyla, Vox Pop: "He is a very educated man, he is fluent in several languages, he's young, he's energetic and I think he will do a lot for the people of Azerbaijan. He will continue the work of his father." 11. Campaign poster 12. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Muksan, Vox...
published: 21 Jul 2015 -
Azerbaijan election controversy
In Azerbaijan, the ruling party is predicting victory after Sunday's presidential election. The opposition is claiming the ballot has been rigged. Final results are expected later on Monday. Al Jazeera's Emma Hayward reports from the oil rich state on the Caspian sea.
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Election committee declares vote valid, reax
(16 Oct 2003) 1. Wide shot Baku, Azerbaijan 2. Various street shots 3. Street scene in Baku with poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his father, former president Geider Aliev 4. Close up of poster 5. Interior Central Elections Committee 6. Close up television screen showing commuter graphics of elections 7. Man using computer 8. Computer screen 9. Camera 10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mazahir Panakhov, Head of Central Election Committee "According to the results of 91 percent of the election count, Ilham Aliev is heading the list with 79 percent of the vote." 11. Baku street scene 12. More of Baku street 13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ibrahim, Vox Pop "Aliev will be great as a president, very good. He is a clever man, a very well-educated man. It will be great." 14. Str...
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Azerbaijan votes in presidential election amid allegations of vote-rigging
Azeris are voting in a presidential election in which Azerbaijan's two-time President Ilham Aliyev... euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe for your daily dose of international news, curated and explained:http://eurone.ws/10ZCK4a Euronews is available in 13 other languages: http://eurone.ws/17moBCU http://www.euronews.com/2013/10/09/azerbaijan-votes-in-presidential-election-amid-allegations-of-vote-rigging Azeris are voting in a presidential election in which Azerbaijan's two-time President Ilham Aliyev looks sure to secure a third straight term at the helm of the oil-rich country. Aliyev enjoys high popularity ratings at home, but human rights groups accuse his government of subverting democracy and engaging in high-level corruption. Leyla Yunus, Director of the ...
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VOICED Two killed in post-election clashes
(16 Oct 2003) VOICED BY LOUISE BATES 0000 Protesters smashing police car 0009 Demonstrators running down the street, shouting "Isa Gambar" and waving fists 0014 Protesters running 0019 Troops charging against protesters 0024 Pan from Interior Ministry troops to protesters throwing stones at them 0028 Troops beating protester 0032 Wide of demonstration outside main government building 0035 Tear gas being thrown into the middle of the demonstration 0040 Troops surrounding arrested demonstrators lying in the ground 0044 Wide shot of OSCE news conference 0047 SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Eicher, Head of the Election Observation Mission: "Unfortunately, I'm disappointed. This election was a missed opportunity for a genuinely democratic election process." 0057 Interior Central Election...
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OSCE critical of Azerbaijan's presidential election
(10 Oct 2013) Azerbaijan's presidential election was marred by restrictions and serious violations said observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday. "The 9th October election was undermined by limitations on the freedoms of expression, assembly, and association that did not guarantee a level playing field for candidates," said OSCE representative Michel Voisin. The observers cited detentions, criminal prosecutions, reports of physical attacks and other pressure on journalists as well as disproportionate media coverage of the president. On voting day, the OSCE said its monitors reported ballot-box stuffing in 37 polling stations. It also called the vote count negative, with more than 50 percent of the observed polling stations assessed as b...
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Monitors say elections failed to meet government's commitments
(16 Oct 2008) 1. Wide of traffic in Baku 2. Hyatt conference centre 3. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) vehicle 4. Close-up of OSCE flag on car 5. Wide of news conference 6. Cutaway of photographers 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission: "Our oral conclusion is that yesterday's presidential election marked considerable progress but did not meet all commitments." 8. Wide of journalists and observers 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission: "The election process was carried out in a peaceful manner but it was characterised by a lack of robust competition and of vibrant political discourse facilitated by media." 10. Cutaway of journalists 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Amba...
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Counting begins in Azerbaijan election
(9 Feb 2020) Voters in Azerbaijan cast ballots for a new parliament Sunday in an early election after a short and low-key campaign. President Ilham Aliev, who has been in power since 2003, called the election in December after the sitting parliament appealed to be dissolved in order to elect a new legislature that would work more closely with the president on reforms. Aliev's New Azerbaijan Party held 65 of the 125 seats in the old parliament, short of the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution in the oil-rich country, a former Soviet republic with a population of 10 million. Nineteen political parties fielded candidates, but most of the more than 1,600 people running were self-nominated, according to the election observation mission of the Organization for Security and C...
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Azerbaijan Election: Ilham Aliyev secures a fourth term as president
TRT World correspondent Andrew Hopkins speaks about the elections in Azerbaijan and Ilham Aliyev's fourth term. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
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Clashes follow presidential vote
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(16 Oct 2003)
1. Demonstrators running, picking up rocks and throwing rocks at passing cars
2. Police running with shields
3. Men running down the street, s...
(16 Oct 2003)
1. Demonstrators running, picking up rocks and throwing rocks at passing cars
2. Police running with shields
3. Men running down the street, shouting and waving fists
4. More demonstrators
5. Demonstrators shouting
6. Demonstrators attacking police car
7. Close up demonstrators shouting and holding pictures of opposition leader
8. Demonstrator with police shield and baton
9. Wide shot of news conference
10. Journalists
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Eicher, Head of the Election Observation Mission:
"Unfortunately I'm disappointed. This election was a missed opportunity for a genuinely democratic election process."
12. Journalists
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Hindower, Representative of the Institute of Democracy in Eastern Europe:
"188 observers from 17 countries, all of them observed major fraud in all of 125 constituencies. This is why we believe that the process that took place in Azerbaijan on October 15th, should be called not an election but something else, because such terms as fairness, democracy and transparency are not applicable to the happening in Azerbaijan."
14. Journalists
STORYLINE:
Police battled opposition protesters in riots in the capital of Azerbaijan on Thursday after Ilham Aliev was declared the winner in the presidential election to succeed his father.
Thousands of young opposition supporters marched through Baku, smashing cars and shop windows.
Government forces clashed with them, beating protesters and journalists with rubber truncheons.
Aliev led a field of eight candidates in Wednesday's vote, standing alone for the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party after his father - hospitalised in the United States - pulled out of the race less than two weeks ago.
With 91 percent of the ballots counted, Ilham Aliev, had 79.5 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission said.
His closest rival, Isa Gambar, had 12 percent.
More than 71 percent of the former Soviet republic's 4.4 (m) million electorate voted, according to the election commission.
The vote has been condemned by Western observers for widespread electoral violations.
Peter Eicher, head of the observation mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), cited instances of ballot-box stuffing, falsified vote counts and interference by unauthorised people in the voting and counting process.
On Thursday afternoon, supporters of Gambar began rioting in the centre of the city.
A few thousand mostly young men made their way through central Baku.
The protesters made their way to a central square, where several thousand police, paratroopers and other government forces - some armed with assault rifles - clashed with them.
Police said a total of 25 people were detained in those clashes and that 20 policemen suffered moderate to serious injuries.
Some protesters and police were bloodied or bandaged.
Ilham Aliev has threatened decisive action against anyone who resorts to violence over the election results.
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(16 Oct 2003)
1. Demonstrators running, picking up rocks and throwing rocks at passing cars
2. Police running with shields
3. Men running down the street, shouting and waving fists
4. More demonstrators
5. Demonstrators shouting
6. Demonstrators attacking police car
7. Close up demonstrators shouting and holding pictures of opposition leader
8. Demonstrator with police shield and baton
9. Wide shot of news conference
10. Journalists
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Eicher, Head of the Election Observation Mission:
"Unfortunately I'm disappointed. This election was a missed opportunity for a genuinely democratic election process."
12. Journalists
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Hindower, Representative of the Institute of Democracy in Eastern Europe:
"188 observers from 17 countries, all of them observed major fraud in all of 125 constituencies. This is why we believe that the process that took place in Azerbaijan on October 15th, should be called not an election but something else, because such terms as fairness, democracy and transparency are not applicable to the happening in Azerbaijan."
14. Journalists
STORYLINE:
Police battled opposition protesters in riots in the capital of Azerbaijan on Thursday after Ilham Aliev was declared the winner in the presidential election to succeed his father.
Thousands of young opposition supporters marched through Baku, smashing cars and shop windows.
Government forces clashed with them, beating protesters and journalists with rubber truncheons.
Aliev led a field of eight candidates in Wednesday's vote, standing alone for the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party after his father - hospitalised in the United States - pulled out of the race less than two weeks ago.
With 91 percent of the ballots counted, Ilham Aliev, had 79.5 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission said.
His closest rival, Isa Gambar, had 12 percent.
More than 71 percent of the former Soviet republic's 4.4 (m) million electorate voted, according to the election commission.
The vote has been condemned by Western observers for widespread electoral violations.
Peter Eicher, head of the observation mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), cited instances of ballot-box stuffing, falsified vote counts and interference by unauthorised people in the voting and counting process.
On Thursday afternoon, supporters of Gambar began rioting in the centre of the city.
A few thousand mostly young men made their way through central Baku.
The protesters made their way to a central square, where several thousand police, paratroopers and other government forces - some armed with assault rifles - clashed with them.
Police said a total of 25 people were detained in those clashes and that 20 policemen suffered moderate to serious injuries.
Some protesters and police were bloodied or bandaged.
Ilham Aliev has threatened decisive action against anyone who resorts to violence over the election results.
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Preview to presidential elex in Azerbaijan
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(14 Oct 2003)
VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING
14 Oct 2003
1. Wide shot Baku
2. Baku mosque, with oil derricks in the background
3. Various shots of Baku har...
(14 Oct 2003)
VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING
14 Oct 2003
1. Wide shot Baku
2. Baku mosque, with oil derricks in the background
3. Various shots of Baku harbour
4. Street showing campaign poster for Azeri prime minister Ilham Aliev in background
5. Campaign poster, showing Ilham Aliev (left) and his father, outgoing Azeri president Geidar Aliev (right)
6. Workman on ladder tearing down old campaign poster of another president hopeful
7. Torn poster
8. Poster
9. People walking down Baku street
10. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Lyla, Vox Pop:
"He is a very educated man, he is fluent in several languages, he's young, he's energetic and I think he will do a lot for the people of Azerbaijan. He will continue the work of his father."
11. Campaign poster
12. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Muksan, Vox Pop:
"He only hangs out, drinking and gambling in the casinos. In 1993, when Geidar Aliev was elected president, Ilham Aliev immediately became vice president of a major oil company. He had no experience of being head of an oil company and he has no experience worthy of becoming president."
13. Men walking down street
14. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Azik, Vox Pop:
"In general, I don't really care. However, I would like he who becomes elected to do more for the republic and for us normal folk to live a little better."
15. Workman tearing down campaign poster of Aliev
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Eicher, head of Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring delegation in Azerbaijan:
"On the positive side there is an new election code which I think does provide the basis for democratic elections. There are eight candidates, that provides a genuine choice. On the negative side we've seen some violence, which is always very disturbing, and there have been a lot of incidents of intimidation, which is also very troubling and does not belong in an election process."
17. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights sign
FILE - October 2003
18. Azeri officers and politicians clapping
19. Aliev walking past crowds and waving
STORYLINE:
Azerbaijan's presidential election campaign drew to a close as 5,150 polling stations in 124 constituencies across the country prepared for elections on Wednesday.
A total of 4.38 (m) million voters have been registered to decide on Azerbaijan's fourth president.
Out of the eight candidates running in the elections, prime minister, Ilham Aliev, and two opposition figures - head of the Musavat party Isa Gambar and National Independence Party leader Etibar Mamedov - look most likely to take the honours.
Observers rate Ilham Aliev's chances highly after his father, outgoing president Geidar Aliev, described him as his political successor.
Ilham Aliev pledged on Monday that this week's presidential election will be free and fair and warned that authorities will come down hard on anyone who resorts to violence to protest election results.
The international group Human Rights Watch said on Monday the presidential campaign had been manipulated to favour Aliev, that election commissions were stacked with his supporters and non-governmental organisations prevented from monitoring the vote.
It also accused officials of obstructing opposition rallies and said police had detained and beaten hundreds of opposition activists.
Speaking in Baku, Peter Eicher, head of Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring delegation in Azerbaijan praised the new election code but said he was concerned reports of violence and intimidation in the run up to the election.
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(14 Oct 2003)
VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING
14 Oct 2003
1. Wide shot Baku
2. Baku mosque, with oil derricks in the background
3. Various shots of Baku harbour
4. Street showing campaign poster for Azeri prime minister Ilham Aliev in background
5. Campaign poster, showing Ilham Aliev (left) and his father, outgoing Azeri president Geidar Aliev (right)
6. Workman on ladder tearing down old campaign poster of another president hopeful
7. Torn poster
8. Poster
9. People walking down Baku street
10. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Lyla, Vox Pop:
"He is a very educated man, he is fluent in several languages, he's young, he's energetic and I think he will do a lot for the people of Azerbaijan. He will continue the work of his father."
11. Campaign poster
12. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Muksan, Vox Pop:
"He only hangs out, drinking and gambling in the casinos. In 1993, when Geidar Aliev was elected president, Ilham Aliev immediately became vice president of a major oil company. He had no experience of being head of an oil company and he has no experience worthy of becoming president."
13. Men walking down street
14. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Azik, Vox Pop:
"In general, I don't really care. However, I would like he who becomes elected to do more for the republic and for us normal folk to live a little better."
15. Workman tearing down campaign poster of Aliev
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Eicher, head of Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring delegation in Azerbaijan:
"On the positive side there is an new election code which I think does provide the basis for democratic elections. There are eight candidates, that provides a genuine choice. On the negative side we've seen some violence, which is always very disturbing, and there have been a lot of incidents of intimidation, which is also very troubling and does not belong in an election process."
17. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights sign
FILE - October 2003
18. Azeri officers and politicians clapping
19. Aliev walking past crowds and waving
STORYLINE:
Azerbaijan's presidential election campaign drew to a close as 5,150 polling stations in 124 constituencies across the country prepared for elections on Wednesday.
A total of 4.38 (m) million voters have been registered to decide on Azerbaijan's fourth president.
Out of the eight candidates running in the elections, prime minister, Ilham Aliev, and two opposition figures - head of the Musavat party Isa Gambar and National Independence Party leader Etibar Mamedov - look most likely to take the honours.
Observers rate Ilham Aliev's chances highly after his father, outgoing president Geidar Aliev, described him as his political successor.
Ilham Aliev pledged on Monday that this week's presidential election will be free and fair and warned that authorities will come down hard on anyone who resorts to violence to protest election results.
The international group Human Rights Watch said on Monday the presidential campaign had been manipulated to favour Aliev, that election commissions were stacked with his supporters and non-governmental organisations prevented from monitoring the vote.
It also accused officials of obstructing opposition rallies and said police had detained and beaten hundreds of opposition activists.
Speaking in Baku, Peter Eicher, head of Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring delegation in Azerbaijan praised the new election code but said he was concerned reports of violence and intimidation in the run up to the election.
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Azerbaijan election controversy
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In Azerbaijan, the ruling party is predicting victory after Sunday's presidential election. The opposition is claiming the ballot has been rigged.
Final r...
In Azerbaijan, the ruling party is predicting victory after Sunday's presidential election. The opposition is claiming the ballot has been rigged.
Final results are expected later on Monday.
Al Jazeera's Emma Hayward reports from the oil rich state on the Caspian sea.
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In Azerbaijan, the ruling party is predicting victory after Sunday's presidential election. The opposition is claiming the ballot has been rigged.
Final results are expected later on Monday.
Al Jazeera's Emma Hayward reports from the oil rich state on the Caspian sea.
- published: 08 Nov 2010
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Election committee declares vote valid, reax
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(16 Oct 2003)
1. Wide shot Baku, Azerbaijan
2. Various street shots
3. Street scene in Baku with poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his fath...
(16 Oct 2003)
1. Wide shot Baku, Azerbaijan
2. Various street shots
3. Street scene in Baku with poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his father, former president Geider Aliev
4. Close up of poster
5. Interior Central Elections Committee
6. Close up television screen showing commuter graphics of elections
7. Man using computer
8. Computer screen
9. Camera
10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mazahir Panakhov, Head of Central Election Committee
"According to the results of 91 percent of the election count, Ilham Aliev is heading the list with 79 percent of the vote."
11. Baku street scene
12. More of Baku street
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ibrahim, Vox Pop
"Aliev will be great as a president, very good. He is a clever man, a very well-educated man. It will be great."
14. Street scene
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Esmira Mommedova, Vox Pop
"I don't think I believe that this (the election) was real. For a first round of voting to have a turn out of 82 percent, to me that seems unreal in a normal country. But here anything is possible."
16. Newspaper stand
17. Front page of newspaper with picture of Aliev voting
18. Man reading newspaper
19. Various of newspapers
20. Newspaper stand
STORYLINE:
The son of ailing Azerbaijan President Geidar Aliev won the election to succeed his father, according to preliminary results on Thursday, but opposition leaders and observers alleged widespread violations.
The Central Election Commission said Aliev's son, Ilham had 79.5 percent of the vote, after 91 percent of the ballots had been counted.
Ilham's closest rival, Isa Gambar, had 12 percent.
Aliev led a field of eight candidates in Wednesday's vote, standing alone for the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party after his father - who was hospitalised in the United States - pulled out of the race less than two weeks ago.
Election Commission Chairman Mazahir Panahov said more than 71 percent of the former Soviet republic's 4.4 (M)million electorate voted.
As the votes were being counted Gambar, leader of the opposition party Musavat, or Equality, asserted that he won a majority and claimed violations in favour of Aliev.
Many people in Baku complained that they were prevented from registering and there were accusations that some people cast multiple votes.
Even before election day, international organisations reported widespread violations, including biased media coverage, violence at opposition protests ignited by police or pro-government provocateurs, and intimidation of opposition sympathisers.
An Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observer, Ivan Lozowy, said he had stopped recording reported violations because he had witnesses so many himself at the 35 polling places he visited on Wednesday.
He said violations included multiple voting, falsified ballots, and ballot counting in absence of observers.
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(16 Oct 2003)
1. Wide shot Baku, Azerbaijan
2. Various street shots
3. Street scene in Baku with poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his father, former president Geider Aliev
4. Close up of poster
5. Interior Central Elections Committee
6. Close up television screen showing commuter graphics of elections
7. Man using computer
8. Computer screen
9. Camera
10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mazahir Panakhov, Head of Central Election Committee
"According to the results of 91 percent of the election count, Ilham Aliev is heading the list with 79 percent of the vote."
11. Baku street scene
12. More of Baku street
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ibrahim, Vox Pop
"Aliev will be great as a president, very good. He is a clever man, a very well-educated man. It will be great."
14. Street scene
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Esmira Mommedova, Vox Pop
"I don't think I believe that this (the election) was real. For a first round of voting to have a turn out of 82 percent, to me that seems unreal in a normal country. But here anything is possible."
16. Newspaper stand
17. Front page of newspaper with picture of Aliev voting
18. Man reading newspaper
19. Various of newspapers
20. Newspaper stand
STORYLINE:
The son of ailing Azerbaijan President Geidar Aliev won the election to succeed his father, according to preliminary results on Thursday, but opposition leaders and observers alleged widespread violations.
The Central Election Commission said Aliev's son, Ilham had 79.5 percent of the vote, after 91 percent of the ballots had been counted.
Ilham's closest rival, Isa Gambar, had 12 percent.
Aliev led a field of eight candidates in Wednesday's vote, standing alone for the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party after his father - who was hospitalised in the United States - pulled out of the race less than two weeks ago.
Election Commission Chairman Mazahir Panahov said more than 71 percent of the former Soviet republic's 4.4 (M)million electorate voted.
As the votes were being counted Gambar, leader of the opposition party Musavat, or Equality, asserted that he won a majority and claimed violations in favour of Aliev.
Many people in Baku complained that they were prevented from registering and there were accusations that some people cast multiple votes.
Even before election day, international organisations reported widespread violations, including biased media coverage, violence at opposition protests ignited by police or pro-government provocateurs, and intimidation of opposition sympathisers.
An Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observer, Ivan Lozowy, said he had stopped recording reported violations because he had witnesses so many himself at the 35 polling places he visited on Wednesday.
He said violations included multiple voting, falsified ballots, and ballot counting in absence of observers.
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Azerbaijan votes in presidential election amid allegations of vote-rigging
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Azeris are voting in a presidential election in which Azerbaijan's two-time President Ilham Aliyev looks sure to secure a third straight term at the helm of the oil-rich country.
Aliyev enjoys high popularity ratings at home, but human rights groups accuse his government of subverting democracy and engaging in high-level corruption.
Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, said this election had been plagued by vote-rigging.
"Many public sector workers were given ballot papers that had already been filled in.They were told to cast those, then bring back the clean ballots to keep their jobs," Yunus said.
Azerbaijan's strategic location between Russia and Iran has been cited as a reason why the international community has not spoken out more over problems there.
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Azeris are voting in a presidential election in which Azerbaijan's two-time President Ilham Aliyev looks sure to secure a third straight term at the helm of the oil-rich country.
Aliyev enjoys high popularity ratings at home, but human rights groups accuse his government of subverting democracy and engaging in high-level corruption.
Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, said this election had been plagued by vote-rigging.
"Many public sector workers were given ballot papers that had already been filled in.They were told to cast those, then bring back the clean ballots to keep their jobs," Yunus said.
Azerbaijan's strategic location between Russia and Iran has been cited as a reason why the international community has not spoken out more over problems there.
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VOICED Two killed in post-election clashes
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(16 Oct 2003) VOICED BY LOUISE BATES
0000 Protesters smashing police car
0009 Demonstrators running down the street, shouting "Isa Gambar" and waving fists
0...
(16 Oct 2003) VOICED BY LOUISE BATES
0000 Protesters smashing police car
0009 Demonstrators running down the street, shouting "Isa Gambar" and waving fists
0014 Protesters running
0019 Troops charging against protesters
0024 Pan from Interior Ministry troops to protesters throwing stones at them
0028 Troops beating protester
0032 Wide of demonstration outside main government building
0035 Tear gas being thrown into the middle of the demonstration
0040 Troops surrounding arrested demonstrators lying in the ground
0044 Wide shot of OSCE news conference
0047 SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Eicher, Head of the Election Observation Mission:
"Unfortunately, I'm disappointed. This election was a missed opportunity for a genuinely democratic election process."
0057 Interior Central Elections Committee
0101 Close up television screen showing commuter graphics of elections
0104 Man using computer
0107 SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Hindower, Representative of the Institute of Democracy in Eastern Europe:
"188 observers from 17 countries, all of them observed major fraud in all of 125 constituencies. This is why we believe that the process which took place in Azerbaijan on October 15th should be called not an election, but something else."
0128 Man reading newspaper
0131 Close up newspaper picture of Ilham Aliev voting
0134 Streetscene of Baku with poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his father, former president Geider Aliev
0138 Medium of poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his father, former president Geider Aliev
0143 VISION ENDS
SUGGESTED LEAD-IN:
The worst street violence in more than a decade erupted in the Azerbaijan capital on Thursday, as opposition protesters battled police after Ilham Aliev was declared the winner in the presidential election.
Officials said two people were killed - a young boy and an elderly man - during the riots which erupted when opposition voters learned Ilham Aliev will succeed his father as president.
The vote has been condemned by Western observers for widespread electoral violations.
VOICE-OVER:
0002
Thousands of opposition supporters marched through Baku, smashing police cars and shop windows.
0009
They were protesting against the outcome of an election which declared Ilham Aliev, the candidate of the ruling party, winner with almost 80 per cent of the vote.
The opposition candidate, Isa Gambar, had only 12 percent, according to the central election commission.
0024 UPSOUND
0028 It was the worst street violence in more than a decade.
And at least two people - a young boy and an elderly man - were killed.
More than 50 police officers were wounded, including some in serious condition.
0040 And 25 people were detained.
Western observers roundly condemned the vote.
0047 SOUNDBITE
0058
The observers cited instances of ballot-box stuffing, falsified vote counts and interference by unauthorised people in the voting and counting process.
0107 SOUNDBITE
0129
Ilham Aliev - of the Yeni Azerbaijan party - replaced his father in the electoral race after he was hospitalised in the United States less than two weeks ago.
80-year-old Geidar Aliev had ruled the country for a decade.
ENDS
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(16 Oct 2003) VOICED BY LOUISE BATES
0000 Protesters smashing police car
0009 Demonstrators running down the street, shouting "Isa Gambar" and waving fists
0014 Protesters running
0019 Troops charging against protesters
0024 Pan from Interior Ministry troops to protesters throwing stones at them
0028 Troops beating protester
0032 Wide of demonstration outside main government building
0035 Tear gas being thrown into the middle of the demonstration
0040 Troops surrounding arrested demonstrators lying in the ground
0044 Wide shot of OSCE news conference
0047 SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Eicher, Head of the Election Observation Mission:
"Unfortunately, I'm disappointed. This election was a missed opportunity for a genuinely democratic election process."
0057 Interior Central Elections Committee
0101 Close up television screen showing commuter graphics of elections
0104 Man using computer
0107 SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Hindower, Representative of the Institute of Democracy in Eastern Europe:
"188 observers from 17 countries, all of them observed major fraud in all of 125 constituencies. This is why we believe that the process which took place in Azerbaijan on October 15th should be called not an election, but something else."
0128 Man reading newspaper
0131 Close up newspaper picture of Ilham Aliev voting
0134 Streetscene of Baku with poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his father, former president Geider Aliev
0138 Medium of poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his father, former president Geider Aliev
0143 VISION ENDS
SUGGESTED LEAD-IN:
The worst street violence in more than a decade erupted in the Azerbaijan capital on Thursday, as opposition protesters battled police after Ilham Aliev was declared the winner in the presidential election.
Officials said two people were killed - a young boy and an elderly man - during the riots which erupted when opposition voters learned Ilham Aliev will succeed his father as president.
The vote has been condemned by Western observers for widespread electoral violations.
VOICE-OVER:
0002
Thousands of opposition supporters marched through Baku, smashing police cars and shop windows.
0009
They were protesting against the outcome of an election which declared Ilham Aliev, the candidate of the ruling party, winner with almost 80 per cent of the vote.
The opposition candidate, Isa Gambar, had only 12 percent, according to the central election commission.
0024 UPSOUND
0028 It was the worst street violence in more than a decade.
And at least two people - a young boy and an elderly man - were killed.
More than 50 police officers were wounded, including some in serious condition.
0040 And 25 people were detained.
Western observers roundly condemned the vote.
0047 SOUNDBITE
0058
The observers cited instances of ballot-box stuffing, falsified vote counts and interference by unauthorised people in the voting and counting process.
0107 SOUNDBITE
0129
Ilham Aliev - of the Yeni Azerbaijan party - replaced his father in the electoral race after he was hospitalised in the United States less than two weeks ago.
80-year-old Geidar Aliev had ruled the country for a decade.
ENDS
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OSCE critical of Azerbaijan's presidential election
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(10 Oct 2013) Azerbaijan's presidential election was marred by restrictions and serious violations said observers from the Organisation for Security and Coopera...
(10 Oct 2013) Azerbaijan's presidential election was marred by restrictions and serious violations said observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday.
"The 9th October election was undermined by limitations on the freedoms of expression, assembly, and association that did not guarantee a level playing field for candidates," said OSCE representative Michel Voisin.
The observers cited detentions, criminal prosecutions, reports of physical attacks and other pressure on journalists as well as disproportionate media coverage of the president.
On voting day, the OSCE said its monitors reported ballot-box stuffing in 37 polling stations.
It also called the vote count negative, with more than 50 percent of the observed polling stations assessed as bad or very bad.
"The stark reality is that this process has fallen well short of OSCE commitments in most areas," said Tana de Zulueta, head of the OSCE mission in Azerbaijan.
Pro-government journalists openly condemned the OSCE's statements at the news conference.
On Tuesday, a day before the voting began, the smartphone app of the Central Election Commission released results showing President Ilham Aliyev, whose family has been at the helm of the Caspian Sea nation for four decades, winning 73 percent of the vote.
After the polls closed on Wednesday, the commission said Aliyev had won 85 percent of the vote.
His closest contender, Jamil Hasanli, trailed with less than 6 percent, it said.
The election commission apologised for the early result, saying on Thursday it had been only a test at one polling station conducted by the software developer.
Hasanli called the vote rigged and demanded a new election.
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(10 Oct 2013) Azerbaijan's presidential election was marred by restrictions and serious violations said observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday.
"The 9th October election was undermined by limitations on the freedoms of expression, assembly, and association that did not guarantee a level playing field for candidates," said OSCE representative Michel Voisin.
The observers cited detentions, criminal prosecutions, reports of physical attacks and other pressure on journalists as well as disproportionate media coverage of the president.
On voting day, the OSCE said its monitors reported ballot-box stuffing in 37 polling stations.
It also called the vote count negative, with more than 50 percent of the observed polling stations assessed as bad or very bad.
"The stark reality is that this process has fallen well short of OSCE commitments in most areas," said Tana de Zulueta, head of the OSCE mission in Azerbaijan.
Pro-government journalists openly condemned the OSCE's statements at the news conference.
On Tuesday, a day before the voting began, the smartphone app of the Central Election Commission released results showing President Ilham Aliyev, whose family has been at the helm of the Caspian Sea nation for four decades, winning 73 percent of the vote.
After the polls closed on Wednesday, the commission said Aliyev had won 85 percent of the vote.
His closest contender, Jamil Hasanli, trailed with less than 6 percent, it said.
The election commission apologised for the early result, saying on Thursday it had been only a test at one polling station conducted by the software developer.
Hasanli called the vote rigged and demanded a new election.
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Monitors say elections failed to meet government's commitments
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(16 Oct 2008)
1. Wide of traffic in Baku
2. Hyatt conference centre
3. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) vehicle
4. Close-up of ...
(16 Oct 2008)
1. Wide of traffic in Baku
2. Hyatt conference centre
3. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) vehicle
4. Close-up of OSCE flag on car
5. Wide of news conference
6. Cutaway of photographers
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission:
"Our oral conclusion is that yesterday's presidential election marked considerable progress but did not meet all commitments."
8. Wide of journalists and observers
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission:
"The election process was carried out in a peaceful manner but it was characterised by a lack of robust competition and of vibrant political discourse facilitated by media."
10. Cutaway of journalists
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission:
"The count was assessed more negatively than voting as significant procedural shortcomings were observed in many cases and manipulation in some instances."
12. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE:
Monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Thursday that Azerbaijan's presidential election failed to meet international standards.
The vote marked "significant progress, but didn't meet all commitments," Boris Frlec, head of the 440-member election monitoring mission from the OSCE and other groups, said at a news conference in Baku.
In a statement, monitors said the vote lacked "robust competition and vibrant political discourse facilitated by the media".
Frlec also told the news conference that he had found evidence of manipulation of the vote at the counting stage.
With 70 percent of precincts counted, President Ilham Aliyev won 89 percent of Wednesday's vote, Central Election Commission chief Mazahir Panahov said on Thursday.
Aliyev, who has led the Caspian nation of eight (m) million people since 2003, faced six opponents in Wednesday's vote, none of whom was considered a true challenger.
Still, government officials hailed the vote as the most democratic ever in Azerbaijan's post-Soviet history.
However, the country's top five opposition parties boycotted the vote, saying they were not allowed to campaign freely and pointing to the government's history of closing independent media and imprisoning opposition figures.
Both Russia and the US have been vying for influence in Azerbaijan, one of the world's leading energy exporters that sits on a key transport route for Caspian and Central Asian energy resources.
Without waiting for full official results or the OSCE's assessment, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called Aliyev on Thursday to congratulate him on a "confident" victory.
Russia has often bickered with the OSCE over its election assessments.
The presidential election was Azerbaijan's fifth since the 1991 Soviet collapse, but many describe the country as being closer to a monarchy than a democracy.
Aliyev is the son of Geidar Aliyev, who ruled Azerbaijan first as the Communist Party boss during the Soviet times, then as president from 1993-2003.
Most of Azerbaijan's crude is sent to the Mediterranean through pipelines crossing Georgia, and the West hopes to also persuade Azerbaijan to skirt Russia in sending its natural gas to Europe.
Russia, in turn, has offered to buy Azerbaijan's gas and ship it via its territory, and talks are ongoing.
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(16 Oct 2008)
1. Wide of traffic in Baku
2. Hyatt conference centre
3. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) vehicle
4. Close-up of OSCE flag on car
5. Wide of news conference
6. Cutaway of photographers
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission:
"Our oral conclusion is that yesterday's presidential election marked considerable progress but did not meet all commitments."
8. Wide of journalists and observers
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission:
"The election process was carried out in a peaceful manner but it was characterised by a lack of robust competition and of vibrant political discourse facilitated by media."
10. Cutaway of journalists
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission:
"The count was assessed more negatively than voting as significant procedural shortcomings were observed in many cases and manipulation in some instances."
12. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE:
Monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Thursday that Azerbaijan's presidential election failed to meet international standards.
The vote marked "significant progress, but didn't meet all commitments," Boris Frlec, head of the 440-member election monitoring mission from the OSCE and other groups, said at a news conference in Baku.
In a statement, monitors said the vote lacked "robust competition and vibrant political discourse facilitated by the media".
Frlec also told the news conference that he had found evidence of manipulation of the vote at the counting stage.
With 70 percent of precincts counted, President Ilham Aliyev won 89 percent of Wednesday's vote, Central Election Commission chief Mazahir Panahov said on Thursday.
Aliyev, who has led the Caspian nation of eight (m) million people since 2003, faced six opponents in Wednesday's vote, none of whom was considered a true challenger.
Still, government officials hailed the vote as the most democratic ever in Azerbaijan's post-Soviet history.
However, the country's top five opposition parties boycotted the vote, saying they were not allowed to campaign freely and pointing to the government's history of closing independent media and imprisoning opposition figures.
Both Russia and the US have been vying for influence in Azerbaijan, one of the world's leading energy exporters that sits on a key transport route for Caspian and Central Asian energy resources.
Without waiting for full official results or the OSCE's assessment, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called Aliyev on Thursday to congratulate him on a "confident" victory.
Russia has often bickered with the OSCE over its election assessments.
The presidential election was Azerbaijan's fifth since the 1991 Soviet collapse, but many describe the country as being closer to a monarchy than a democracy.
Aliyev is the son of Geidar Aliyev, who ruled Azerbaijan first as the Communist Party boss during the Soviet times, then as president from 1993-2003.
Most of Azerbaijan's crude is sent to the Mediterranean through pipelines crossing Georgia, and the West hopes to also persuade Azerbaijan to skirt Russia in sending its natural gas to Europe.
Russia, in turn, has offered to buy Azerbaijan's gas and ship it via its territory, and talks are ongoing.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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1:02
Counting begins in Azerbaijan election
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(9 Feb 2020) Voters in Azerbaijan cast ballots for a new parliament Sunday in an early election after a short and low-key campaign.
President Ilham Aliev, who ...
(9 Feb 2020) Voters in Azerbaijan cast ballots for a new parliament Sunday in an early election after a short and low-key campaign.
President Ilham Aliev, who has been in power since 2003, called the election in December after the sitting parliament appealed to be dissolved in order to elect a new legislature that would work more closely with the president on reforms.
Aliev's New Azerbaijan Party held 65 of the 125 seats in the old parliament, short of the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution in the oil-rich country, a former Soviet republic with a population of 10 million.
Nineteen political parties fielded candidates, but most of the more than 1,600 people running were self-nominated, according to the election observation mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The official campaigning period began three weeks ago. Polling places closed at 7 p.m. (1500 GMT); it was not clear when definitive results would be announced.
International observers have criticized past elections in Azerbaijan over ballot box stuffing, irregular vote-counting procedures and other concerns.
Central election commission chief Mazahir Panahov said no complaints about violations of election regulations had been received by Sunday afternoon.
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(9 Feb 2020) Voters in Azerbaijan cast ballots for a new parliament Sunday in an early election after a short and low-key campaign.
President Ilham Aliev, who has been in power since 2003, called the election in December after the sitting parliament appealed to be dissolved in order to elect a new legislature that would work more closely with the president on reforms.
Aliev's New Azerbaijan Party held 65 of the 125 seats in the old parliament, short of the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution in the oil-rich country, a former Soviet republic with a population of 10 million.
Nineteen political parties fielded candidates, but most of the more than 1,600 people running were self-nominated, according to the election observation mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The official campaigning period began three weeks ago. Polling places closed at 7 p.m. (1500 GMT); it was not clear when definitive results would be announced.
International observers have criticized past elections in Azerbaijan over ballot box stuffing, irregular vote-counting procedures and other concerns.
Central election commission chief Mazahir Panahov said no complaints about violations of election regulations had been received by Sunday afternoon.
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Azerbaijan Election: Ilham Aliyev secures a fourth term as president
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TRT World correspondent Andrew Hopkins speaks about the elections in Azerbaijan and Ilham Aliyev's fourth term.
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2:17
Clashes follow presidential vote
(16 Oct 2003)
1. Demonstrators running, picking up rocks and throwing rocks at passing c...
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Clashes follow presidential vote
Clashes follow presidential vote
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(16 Oct 2003)
1. Demonstrators running, picking up rocks and throwing rocks at passing cars
2. Police running with shields
3. Men running down the street, shouting and waving fists
4. More demonstrators
5. Demonstrators shouting
6. Demonstrators attacking police car
7. Close up demonstrators shouting and holding pictures of opposition leader
8. Demonstrator with police shield and baton
9. Wide shot of news conference
10. Journalists
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Eicher, Head of the Election Observation Mission:
"Unfortunately I'm disappointed. This election was a missed opportunity for a genuinely democratic election process."
12. Journalists
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Hindower, Representative of the Institute of Democracy in Eastern Europe:
"188 observers from 17 countries, all of them observed major fraud in all of 125 constituencies. This is why we believe that the process that took place in Azerbaijan on October 15th, should be called not an election but something else, because such terms as fairness, democracy and transparency are not applicable to the happening in Azerbaijan."
14. Journalists
STORYLINE:
Police battled opposition protesters in riots in the capital of Azerbaijan on Thursday after Ilham Aliev was declared the winner in the presidential election to succeed his father.
Thousands of young opposition supporters marched through Baku, smashing cars and shop windows.
Government forces clashed with them, beating protesters and journalists with rubber truncheons.
Aliev led a field of eight candidates in Wednesday's vote, standing alone for the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party after his father - hospitalised in the United States - pulled out of the race less than two weeks ago.
With 91 percent of the ballots counted, Ilham Aliev, had 79.5 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission said.
His closest rival, Isa Gambar, had 12 percent.
More than 71 percent of the former Soviet republic's 4.4 (m) million electorate voted, according to the election commission.
The vote has been condemned by Western observers for widespread electoral violations.
Peter Eicher, head of the observation mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), cited instances of ballot-box stuffing, falsified vote counts and interference by unauthorised people in the voting and counting process.
On Thursday afternoon, supporters of Gambar began rioting in the centre of the city.
A few thousand mostly young men made their way through central Baku.
The protesters made their way to a central square, where several thousand police, paratroopers and other government forces - some armed with assault rifles - clashed with them.
Police said a total of 25 people were detained in those clashes and that 20 policemen suffered moderate to serious injuries.
Some protesters and police were bloodied or bandaged.
Ilham Aliev has threatened decisive action against anyone who resorts to violence over the election results.
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1. Wide shot Baku
2. Baku mosque, with oil derricks in the background
3. Various shots of Baku harbour
4. Street showing campaign poster for Azeri prime minister Ilham Aliev in background
5. Campaign poster, showing Ilham Aliev (left) and his father, outgoing Azeri president Geidar Aliev (right)
6. Workman on ladder tearing down old campaign poster of another president hopeful
7. Torn poster
8. Poster
9. People walking down Baku street
10. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Lyla, Vox Pop:
"He is a very educated man, he is fluent in several languages, he's young, he's energetic and I think he will do a lot for the people of Azerbaijan. He will continue the work of his father."
11. Campaign poster
12. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Muksan, Vox Pop:
"He only hangs out, drinking and gambling in the casinos. In 1993, when Geidar Aliev was elected president, Ilham Aliev immediately became vice president of a major oil company. He had no experience of being head of an oil company and he has no experience worthy of becoming president."
13. Men walking down street
14. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Azik, Vox Pop:
"In general, I don't really care. However, I would like he who becomes elected to do more for the republic and for us normal folk to live a little better."
15. Workman tearing down campaign poster of Aliev
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Eicher, head of Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring delegation in Azerbaijan:
"On the positive side there is an new election code which I think does provide the basis for democratic elections. There are eight candidates, that provides a genuine choice. On the negative side we've seen some violence, which is always very disturbing, and there have been a lot of incidents of intimidation, which is also very troubling and does not belong in an election process."
17. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights sign
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18. Azeri officers and politicians clapping
19. Aliev walking past crowds and waving
STORYLINE:
Azerbaijan's presidential election campaign drew to a close as 5,150 polling stations in 124 constituencies across the country prepared for elections on Wednesday.
A total of 4.38 (m) million voters have been registered to decide on Azerbaijan's fourth president.
Out of the eight candidates running in the elections, prime minister, Ilham Aliev, and two opposition figures - head of the Musavat party Isa Gambar and National Independence Party leader Etibar Mamedov - look most likely to take the honours.
Observers rate Ilham Aliev's chances highly after his father, outgoing president Geidar Aliev, described him as his political successor.
Ilham Aliev pledged on Monday that this week's presidential election will be free and fair and warned that authorities will come down hard on anyone who resorts to violence to protest election results.
The international group Human Rights Watch said on Monday the presidential campaign had been manipulated to favour Aliev, that election commissions were stacked with his supporters and non-governmental organisations prevented from monitoring the vote.
It also accused officials of obstructing opposition rallies and said police had detained and beaten hundreds of opposition activists.
Speaking in Baku, Peter Eicher, head of Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring delegation in Azerbaijan praised the new election code but said he was concerned reports of violence and intimidation in the run up to the election.
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In Azerbaijan, the ruling party is predicting victory after Sunday's presidential election. The opposition is claiming the ballot has been rigged.
Final results are expected later on Monday.
Al Jazeera's Emma Hayward reports from the oil rich state on the Caspian sea.
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1. Wide shot Baku, Azerbaijan
2. Various street shots
3. Street scene in Baku with poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his father, former president Geider Aliev
4. Close up of poster
5. Interior Central Elections Committee
6. Close up television screen showing commuter graphics of elections
7. Man using computer
8. Computer screen
9. Camera
10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mazahir Panakhov, Head of Central Election Committee
"According to the results of 91 percent of the election count, Ilham Aliev is heading the list with 79 percent of the vote."
11. Baku street scene
12. More of Baku street
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ibrahim, Vox Pop
"Aliev will be great as a president, very good. He is a clever man, a very well-educated man. It will be great."
14. Street scene
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Esmira Mommedova, Vox Pop
"I don't think I believe that this (the election) was real. For a first round of voting to have a turn out of 82 percent, to me that seems unreal in a normal country. But here anything is possible."
16. Newspaper stand
17. Front page of newspaper with picture of Aliev voting
18. Man reading newspaper
19. Various of newspapers
20. Newspaper stand
STORYLINE:
The son of ailing Azerbaijan President Geidar Aliev won the election to succeed his father, according to preliminary results on Thursday, but opposition leaders and observers alleged widespread violations.
The Central Election Commission said Aliev's son, Ilham had 79.5 percent of the vote, after 91 percent of the ballots had been counted.
Ilham's closest rival, Isa Gambar, had 12 percent.
Aliev led a field of eight candidates in Wednesday's vote, standing alone for the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party after his father - who was hospitalised in the United States - pulled out of the race less than two weeks ago.
Election Commission Chairman Mazahir Panahov said more than 71 percent of the former Soviet republic's 4.4 (M)million electorate voted.
As the votes were being counted Gambar, leader of the opposition party Musavat, or Equality, asserted that he won a majority and claimed violations in favour of Aliev.
Many people in Baku complained that they were prevented from registering and there were accusations that some people cast multiple votes.
Even before election day, international organisations reported widespread violations, including biased media coverage, violence at opposition protests ignited by police or pro-government provocateurs, and intimidation of opposition sympathisers.
An Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observer, Ivan Lozowy, said he had stopped recording reported violations because he had witnesses so many himself at the 35 polling places he visited on Wednesday.
He said violations included multiple voting, falsified ballots, and ballot counting in absence of observers.
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Azeris are voting in a presidential election in which Azerbaijan's two-time President Ilham Aliyev looks sure to secure a third straight term at the helm of the oil-rich country.
Aliyev enjoys high popularity ratings at home, but human rights groups accuse his government of subverting democracy and engaging in high-level corruption.
Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, said this election had been plagued by vote-rigging.
"Many public sector workers were given ballot papers that had already been filled in.They were told to cast those, then bring back the clean ballots to keep their jobs," Yunus said.
Azerbaijan's strategic location between Russia and Iran has been cited as a reason why the international community has not spoken out more over problems there.
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0000 Protesters smashing police car
0009 Demonstrators running down the street, shouting "Isa Gambar" and waving fists
0014 Protesters running
0019 Troops charging against protesters
0024 Pan from Interior Ministry troops to protesters throwing stones at them
0028 Troops beating protester
0032 Wide of demonstration outside main government building
0035 Tear gas being thrown into the middle of the demonstration
0040 Troops surrounding arrested demonstrators lying in the ground
0044 Wide shot of OSCE news conference
0047 SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Eicher, Head of the Election Observation Mission:
"Unfortunately, I'm disappointed. This election was a missed opportunity for a genuinely democratic election process."
0057 Interior Central Elections Committee
0101 Close up television screen showing commuter graphics of elections
0104 Man using computer
0107 SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Hindower, Representative of the Institute of Democracy in Eastern Europe:
"188 observers from 17 countries, all of them observed major fraud in all of 125 constituencies. This is why we believe that the process which took place in Azerbaijan on October 15th should be called not an election, but something else."
0128 Man reading newspaper
0131 Close up newspaper picture of Ilham Aliev voting
0134 Streetscene of Baku with poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his father, former president Geider Aliev
0138 Medium of poster of newly elected President Ilham Aliev and his father, former president Geider Aliev
0143 VISION ENDS
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The worst street violence in more than a decade erupted in the Azerbaijan capital on Thursday, as opposition protesters battled police after Ilham Aliev was declared the winner in the presidential election.
Officials said two people were killed - a young boy and an elderly man - during the riots which erupted when opposition voters learned Ilham Aliev will succeed his father as president.
The vote has been condemned by Western observers for widespread electoral violations.
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Thousands of opposition supporters marched through Baku, smashing police cars and shop windows.
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They were protesting against the outcome of an election which declared Ilham Aliev, the candidate of the ruling party, winner with almost 80 per cent of the vote.
The opposition candidate, Isa Gambar, had only 12 percent, according to the central election commission.
0024 UPSOUND
0028 It was the worst street violence in more than a decade.
And at least two people - a young boy and an elderly man - were killed.
More than 50 police officers were wounded, including some in serious condition.
0040 And 25 people were detained.
Western observers roundly condemned the vote.
0047 SOUNDBITE
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The observers cited instances of ballot-box stuffing, falsified vote counts and interference by unauthorised people in the voting and counting process.
0107 SOUNDBITE
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Ilham Aliev - of the Yeni Azerbaijan party - replaced his father in the electoral race after he was hospitalised in the United States less than two weeks ago.
80-year-old Geidar Aliev had ruled the country for a decade.
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(10 Oct 2013) Azerbaijan's presidential election was marred by restrictions and serious violations said observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday.
"The 9th October election was undermined by limitations on the freedoms of expression, assembly, and association that did not guarantee a level playing field for candidates," said OSCE representative Michel Voisin.
The observers cited detentions, criminal prosecutions, reports of physical attacks and other pressure on journalists as well as disproportionate media coverage of the president.
On voting day, the OSCE said its monitors reported ballot-box stuffing in 37 polling stations.
It also called the vote count negative, with more than 50 percent of the observed polling stations assessed as bad or very bad.
"The stark reality is that this process has fallen well short of OSCE commitments in most areas," said Tana de Zulueta, head of the OSCE mission in Azerbaijan.
Pro-government journalists openly condemned the OSCE's statements at the news conference.
On Tuesday, a day before the voting began, the smartphone app of the Central Election Commission released results showing President Ilham Aliyev, whose family has been at the helm of the Caspian Sea nation for four decades, winning 73 percent of the vote.
After the polls closed on Wednesday, the commission said Aliyev had won 85 percent of the vote.
His closest contender, Jamil Hasanli, trailed with less than 6 percent, it said.
The election commission apologised for the early result, saying on Thursday it had been only a test at one polling station conducted by the software developer.
Hasanli called the vote rigged and demanded a new election.
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1. Wide of traffic in Baku
2. Hyatt conference centre
3. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) vehicle
4. Close-up of OSCE flag on car
5. Wide of news conference
6. Cutaway of photographers
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission:
"Our oral conclusion is that yesterday's presidential election marked considerable progress but did not meet all commitments."
8. Wide of journalists and observers
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission:
"The election process was carried out in a peaceful manner but it was characterised by a lack of robust competition and of vibrant political discourse facilitated by media."
10. Cutaway of journalists
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Boris Frlec, Head of OSCE monitoring mission:
"The count was assessed more negatively than voting as significant procedural shortcomings were observed in many cases and manipulation in some instances."
12. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE:
Monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Thursday that Azerbaijan's presidential election failed to meet international standards.
The vote marked "significant progress, but didn't meet all commitments," Boris Frlec, head of the 440-member election monitoring mission from the OSCE and other groups, said at a news conference in Baku.
In a statement, monitors said the vote lacked "robust competition and vibrant political discourse facilitated by the media".
Frlec also told the news conference that he had found evidence of manipulation of the vote at the counting stage.
With 70 percent of precincts counted, President Ilham Aliyev won 89 percent of Wednesday's vote, Central Election Commission chief Mazahir Panahov said on Thursday.
Aliyev, who has led the Caspian nation of eight (m) million people since 2003, faced six opponents in Wednesday's vote, none of whom was considered a true challenger.
Still, government officials hailed the vote as the most democratic ever in Azerbaijan's post-Soviet history.
However, the country's top five opposition parties boycotted the vote, saying they were not allowed to campaign freely and pointing to the government's history of closing independent media and imprisoning opposition figures.
Both Russia and the US have been vying for influence in Azerbaijan, one of the world's leading energy exporters that sits on a key transport route for Caspian and Central Asian energy resources.
Without waiting for full official results or the OSCE's assessment, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called Aliyev on Thursday to congratulate him on a "confident" victory.
Russia has often bickered with the OSCE over its election assessments.
The presidential election was Azerbaijan's fifth since the 1991 Soviet collapse, but many describe the country as being closer to a monarchy than a democracy.
Aliyev is the son of Geidar Aliyev, who ruled Azerbaijan first as the Communist Party boss during the Soviet times, then as president from 1993-2003.
Most of Azerbaijan's crude is sent to the Mediterranean through pipelines crossing Georgia, and the West hopes to also persuade Azerbaijan to skirt Russia in sending its natural gas to Europe.
Russia, in turn, has offered to buy Azerbaijan's gas and ship it via its territory, and talks are ongoing.
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(9 Feb 2020) Voters in Azerbaijan cast ballots for a new parliament Sunday in an early election after a short and low-key campaign.
President Ilham Aliev, who has been in power since 2003, called the election in December after the sitting parliament appealed to be dissolved in order to elect a new legislature that would work more closely with the president on reforms.
Aliev's New Azerbaijan Party held 65 of the 125 seats in the old parliament, short of the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution in the oil-rich country, a former Soviet republic with a population of 10 million.
Nineteen political parties fielded candidates, but most of the more than 1,600 people running were self-nominated, according to the election observation mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The official campaigning period began three weeks ago. Polling places closed at 7 p.m. (1500 GMT); it was not clear when definitive results would be announced.
International observers have criticized past elections in Azerbaijan over ballot box stuffing, irregular vote-counting procedures and other concerns.
Central election commission chief Mazahir Panahov said no complaints about violations of election regulations had been received by Sunday afternoon.
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Azerbaijani presidential election, 2003
Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 15 October 2003. As expected, Ilham Aliyev, son of the outgoing president, Heydar Aliyev, was easily elected in an election which international observers held not to be free or fair.
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Human Rights Watch claimed that "the government has heavily intervened in the campaigning process in favor of Prime Minister Ilham Aliev, son of current President Heidar Aliev. The government has stacked the Central Election Commission and local election commission with its supporters, and banned local non-governmental organizations from monitoring the vote. As the elections draw nearer, government officials have openly sided with the campaign of Ilham Aliev, constantly obstructing opposition rallies and attempting to limit public participation in opposition events. In some cases, local officials have closed all the roads into town during opposition rallies, or have extended working and school hours - on one occasion, even declaring a Sunday work day - to prevent participation in opposition rallies."
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