Musavat: Baku police detains 16 demonstratorsMarch 11, 2011 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Musavat Party issued a statement in connection with prevention of an attempt at organizing a youth rally in Baku. According to the statement, the Great People’s Day rally was held Baku today on the initiative of Azerbaijani youth. In the afternoon, young people organized marches in central parts of the city, chanting slogans “Freedom!”, “Urge democratic reforms”. The police interfered with the action, detaining 16 demonstrators. Ali Akbar, as well as young activists Turgut Gambar, Tebriz Oner, Zaur Gurbanli are among those detained. They are kept at Narimanov district police office #18. Musavat Party condemned the crackdown on protesters, demanding immediate release of those detained, APA reported. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |