Azeri police disperse yet another anti-Armenian protest
Turan news agency
11 Sep 04
Baku, 11 September: Reinforced police units foiled a protest today
against the arrival of Armenian officers in Baku to attend NATO
exercises [on 13-26 September].
The protest was staged by activists of the Karabakh Liberation
Organization and members of other public and political organizations
and was held in the Avenue of Martyrs. After visiting the Avenue
of Martyrs, the protesters moved towards the Cabinet of Ministers
headquarters but were stopped by the police.
The efforts of police chiefs to persuade the protesters to stop their
action did not yield any results. The pickets started a march chanting
“Karabakh or Death!”.
Law-enforcement officers stopped several protesters and took them into
buses ordering the drivers to take them to the nearest metro stations.
Some of the protesters told journalists that they viewed the police’s
actions as a sign of the authorities’ attitude towards the Karabakh
problem.