Posts Tagged ‘Baku’
January 26th, 2013
Prominent journalist and activists Emin Milli and Khadija Ismayilova were among those detained in Baku today as people demonstrated in support of civic action in Ismayilli earlier this week.
Protesters posted photographs and videos of clashes between police and demonstrators and there were reports that tear gas had been used on crowds and that pepper spray had been used against detainees.
“I approached police at demo and asked them to join us! They were thinking for a while. Then Arrested me. Writing from police station,” tweeted Emin Milli on Saturday afternoon.
Up to 100 people were thought to be detained, though initial reports put the number of arrests at around 40.
October 22nd, 2012
One hundred protesters were
arrested today by security forces in Baku,
Azerbaijan‘s capital. The organisers of the protest
decided to make their way to Baku’s Fountain Square to call for the dissolution of parliament, even though the country’s authorities refused to sanction the planned rally. Authorities took measures to curb the protests, with security forces gathered in the centre an hour before the planned protest. According to well-known Azerbaijani lawyer Asabali Mustafaev, some protesters outside of Baku were detained before even travelling to the rally.
September 19th, 2012
The gas-rich country presents itself as open and modern, but Azerbaijan is not safe for activists and journalists fighting for free speech, says Natasha Schmidt
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April 19th, 2011
Azerbaijani officials detained three Swedish TV journalists while they were preparing to cover an opposition demonstration in Baku on
17 April. The journalists were subsequently
deported on 18 April. An official at the Interior Ministry commented that the three were deported as they lacked the proper accreditation. However, one of the journalists, My Rohwedder Street, contends that she and her colleagues had not concealed their profession when they applied for visas.
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April 4th, 2011
Azerbaijani police
arrested more than 200
opposition protesters during Saturday’s demonstrations in Baku. They were calling for the resignation of President Ilham Aliyev and had
broken through police cordons into Fountains Square. According to the Azeri Interior Ministry, five will
face criminal charges for property damage and resisting police. Seventy people have been punished for attending the anti-government demonstration.
March 11th, 2011
Two youth opposition activists, Sakhavan Soltanli and Rashadat Akhundov, were
detained in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Tuesday. On 4 March, youth activist and former parliamentary candidate,
Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, was detained and given a pre-trial detention of one month after he advertised a nationwide anti-government protest on Facebook. On the same day three NGOs, known for encouraging freedom of expression, were
evicted from their offices by police without being given any reason.
