INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONDEMNS AZERBAIJAN FOR SUBJECTING PRO-OPPOSITION FIGURES TO VIOLENCE
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.11.2009 10:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ International human rights organizations and several
governments, including US Administration, have condemned Azerbaijani
authorities’ decision to arrest two bloggers – opposition activists
– accused of committing hooliganism in public place and inflicting
trivial bodily injuries on people.
This Wednesday, Azerbaijani court sentenced Emin Abdulaev and Adnan
Gadjiadze to 2 and 2.5 years in prison respectively, on charges of
organizing a bicker in one of Baku’s restaurants last July.
Both defendants said they were attacked by policemen dressed in
civilian clothes and characterized accusation them as pretext for
punishing their political dissidence. They criticized Azerbaijani
authorities on popular Azerbaijani Web sites. Bloggers’ arrest was
followed by display of satiric posting on alleged press-conference
by President Ilham Aliyev.