Over 200 people detained during today’s rally of Azerbaijan’s opposition Over 200 people were detained during today’s rally of Azerbaijan’s opposition in Baku. The action initiated by the opposition’s Public Chamber was actually divided into several rallies and took place despite the efforts of the riot troops and police to prevent it. A member of the rally committee, Gulaga Aslanly has told Turan dozens of people were taken to different police stations, while the location of others is still unclear.

The detainees included numerous journalists, public figures and activists of political parties. Many of them were insulted and subjected to violence. According to the latest news, many of the detainees were brutally beaten and tortured in the Nasimi district’s police department. They included the activists of several parties (Popular Front, Musavat, Democratic Party, Classical Popular Front, etc.). “The action succeeded despite the officials’ efforts and cruelty. We were not scared and we held our rally in the city center for two hours.

It was a success and we proved that we are not just a group of pretenders and that the power cannot oppose the people’s will,” the Popular Front Party’s Vice-chairman, Fuad Gahramanli stated at the improvised rally at the monument to Nasimi. He was arrested immediately after that. The officials used provocateurs against the opposition’s rallies, which was a novelty in their anti-opposition struggle. The infiltrated provocateurs crashed shop windows in several places. Two of them were detained by the police and released a few minutes later.

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