Ali Karimli
‘100 arrested’ as opposition protest dispersed by police in Baku
Up to 100 people have been detained in an opposition protest organised by the Popular Front Party in front of the capital’s Executive Authority. The protest, which appears to have been attended by dozens of demonstrators, lasted for an hour before being dispersed by the police. Among their demands were the right to freedom of assembly, the release of political prisoners, the reopening of Azerbaijan’s land borders, free elections, and an end to ‘family rule’. The police had cordoned off the
