rced pub- lic “confessions” and escalated its surveillance of the Tibetan and Uighur minorities to totalitar- ian levels; and Azerbaijan has made the Aliyev family’s monopoly on political power painfully obvious with the appointment of the president's wife as “first vice president." ¢ Modern authoritaria

Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@,gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 04:51 PM To: Weingarten, Reid Subject: In taking his case to Washington, Mr. Aliyev has variously sought safe passage to the United States, help in recovering $2 billion that relatives claimed they lost from seized businesses, or at