Azerbaijan To Prevent Unsanctioned Rally
RFE/RL
Friday, 03 June 2005
Baku, 3 June 2005 (RFE/RL) — Azerbaijani authorities said today they
will prevent an unsanctioned anti-government rally the opposition
has called for tomorrow.
Government spokesman Ehsan Zahidov says no permit was issued to the
opposition parties to hold the rally. Zahidov says the opposition’s
intent was to create a confrontation in Baku and that was unacceptable.
The head of the opposition Popular Front of Azerbaijan, Ali Kerimli,
vowed the rally will be held in a central square in Baku. Kerimli
says it is a constitutional right to hold a rally.
Police and protesters clashed last month at a similar rally, in which
some 75 people were arrested.
(RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service, AFP)
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