Dispersal of non-sanctioned picket of the "Freedom" Block in front of the Icheri-Shekher metro station near Baku Mayor's Office, April 26, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

26 April 2010, 20:00

Baku police denies detention of oppositional picketers

Razu Nurullayev, deputy chairman of the Party of the People's Front of Azerbaijan (PPFA), reports detention of about 80 persons during today's picket organized in Baku by oppositionists from the block "Freedom". He noted that the detainees were brought to the Sabail District police stations. However, according to Kyamil Velishev, deputy head of the police department of this district, there were no detainees.

"The action was stopped because it was not sanctioned. Its participants were not detained but removed away from the territory," he said.

However, one of the detainees - a youth activist Natig Adilov - managed to report from Station 8 of the Sabail District Police Department that there were 50 detainees there.

The on duty policeman at the station has reported detention of 30 persons.

Earlier, it was reported that today in Baku the police hampered activists of the oppositional block "Azadlyg" (Freedom) to hold a picket in front of the building of the Baku Mayoralty with a demand of the freedom of assembly.

See earlier reports:

""Musavat" activists detained in Baku," "In Azerbaijan, members of "Musavat" suffer from physical pressure," "Azerbaijani opposition: non-election of Azerbaijan to UN Human Rights Council is a result of Baku's policy," "Azerbaijan staged a police operation to move the "Azadlyg" newspaper out of its building."

Author: Faik Medzhid Source: CK correspondent

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