Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani activists arrested at pro-Hajiyev protest
Azerbaijani police arrested two members of the Democracy 1918 movement and detained three other activists for holding a protest demanding the release of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, an imprisoned social activist on hunger strike. On Monday, the police dispersed a group of activists that were protesting in front of the Baku Court of Appeals against the court’s decision to uphold Bakhtiyar Hajiyev’s detention. Hajiyev, a social activist, has been imprisoned since 9 December on charges of hooliganism, a