The four defendants in the Baku anti-communist case, as seen in a screengrab from videos circulating on social media. By R. L. Richards, People's World A court in Baku sentenced four Azerbaijani citizens to prison terms of 18 months to two years on July 29 for promoting communist ideology and attempting to organize a march carrying Soviet flags. Theirs is the latest case in an escalating campaign against the political left in Azerbaijan. Ibrahim Asadli and Abdulla Ibrahimli w

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