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The Free Thought University (Azerbaijani: Azad Fikir Universiti, AFU) project in Baku, Azerbaijan was launched in 2009 by the . as an alternative education institution and a platform for discussions to educate Azerbaijani youth on human rights and democratic values through weekly interactive lectures and free debates.The institution has been supported by the U.S. and British embassies in Baku, the United States Agency for International Development, the National Endowment for Democracy, and The German Marshall Fund of the United States and other Western organizations.