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\n \"Orkhan
\n Orkhan Mansurzadeh
\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n The Press Service at Azerbaijan\u2019s Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has criticized users of social media in Azerbaijan for recent discussions of the country\u2019s suicide rate.<\/p>\n

Deputy Head of the MIA\u2019s Press Service, Orkhan Mansurzadeh,
\n
\n criticized
\n <\/a>
\n a group on social media, which he declined to name, for exaggerating the suicide rate in Azerbaijan. According to Mansurzadeh, the moderators of the unnamed group are \u2018abusing the opportunities afforded by social media\u2019 and \u2018spreading disinformation.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We would not be mistaken to say that, in our region and throughout the world in recent years, the social networks in question have caused a number of global problems as the main mouthpieces for social unrest, bloody coups, and wars,\u2019 Mansurzadeh said.<\/p>\n

It is unclear which specific social media platform or group Mansurzadeh was referring to, but there are many
\n
\n examples
\n <\/a>
\n of such discussions on social media as the number of suicides has increased in Azerbaijan in recent years.<\/p>\n

According to media reports, the total number of suicides in Azerbaijan
\n
\n rose
\n <\/a>
\n from 138 in 2008 to 535 in 2015. In 2016 there were 797 total
\n
\n reported
\n <\/a>
\n suicides.<\/p>\n

Mansurzadeh dismissed the idea that the rise in the suicide rate in Azerbaijan is connected to social problems or the state of the economy. \u2018Most people who commit suicide suffer from mental illness, chronic alcoholism, drug addiction, and other serious illnesses,\u2019 he claimed.<\/p>\n

However, a number of experts disagree. \u2018Many people are unemployed, others are dissatisfied with their salaries, and these things are obstacles to their happiness,\u2019
\n
\n says
\n <\/a>
\n psychologist Vafa Akbar. \u2018Often people need money to reach their goals and when they can\u2019t find it they feel like their situation is hopeless.\u2019<\/p>\n

In 2015, the Azerbaijani currency, the manat (AZN),
\n
\n lost
\n <\/a>
\n half its value in relation to the dollar. The resulting economic chaos
\n
\n sparked
\n <\/a>
\n a wave of protests across the country. At least two people have committed suicide by
\n
\n burning
\n <\/a>
\n themselves alive because they could no longer pay off loans which had been calculated in dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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