Anna Zamejc

A freelance journalist and NGO project manager. As a Fulbright and International Peace Scholarship recipient, in 2013 she completed her master's degree in Peace and Justice Studies at the University of San Diego, California, and was trained as a mediator in a local Small Claims Court. She also holds a master's degree in political science from the University of Wroclaw, Poland. As a freelance journalist, Zamejc has contributed to the Azerbaijani Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Newsweek Poland, New Eastern Europe, and more. Member of Projekt:Polska.

Politics, Society

Azerbaijan: 10 Years in Jail for Graffiti

BY Anna Zamejc AND Projekt Polska / November 21, 2016

Azerbaijan, an oil-rich autocracy perched on the Western shores of the Caspian Sea, is determined to teach a lesson to its unruly youth who increasingly break long-standing taboos in pursuit of democratic freedoms. But the policy of sticks alone may no longer work.