17 October 2003, 17:26

Crisis Center has been created

Violent clashes between security forces and opposition protesters in Azerbaijan left at least three civilians dead and hundreds wounded just one day after the falsified presidential elections of October 15. About 600 hundred people have been arrested since October 15. Many people have disappeared.

Today we have opened the Crisis Center at the office of the Institute of Peace and Democracy. We will work from 10:00 till 20:00.

Address: 38-2 Shamsi Badalbejli Street, Baku AZ 1014, Azerbaijan
Tel.: 99-412 94-33-76
Tel./Fax: 99-412 94-14-58
E-mail: ipd@online.az

Author: Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy Source: Institute of Peace and Democracy (Azerbaijan)

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