Campaign: Online Anticorruption Movement in Azerbaijan

Written by Bakhtiyar on March 6, 2008 – 10:01 pm -

Description of Campaign: In 2004, a group of students in Azerbaijan decided to create a new web resource to speak up against corruption in the education sector. At Azerbaijani universities, it is not uncommon for students to buy grades and for the admissions process to be influenced by connections over competence

Digital Activism Tools: Website, petition, digital photographs, discussion board.

How These Tools are Being Used : On the web site, www.rushvedeyox.de (which translates to “say no to corruption” and has since been taken down), an online petition section served to collect petitions and submit to government officials on behalf of students. Within few weeks, thousands of students signed the petition. A section of the website included information about negative effects of bribery for students, for their future careers.

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“For the sake of Azerbaijan’s future, say NO to corruption”

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