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Protest in Baku in support of hunger-striking opposition politician

Around 20 people marched through Baku’s Winter Park on Monday demanding the release of opposition politician Azad Hasanov and others widely considered by rights groups to be political prisoners. The protest was dispersed by the police and 13 of the marchers were detained. Azad Hasanov, a member of the opposition Musavat Party, was arrested on drug-related charges charges on 12 October, two days after he returned to Baku from Lithuania. On 22 July, Hasanov went on hunger strike in protes