{"id":141962,"date":"2011-11-16T10:56:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T06:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=141962"},"modified":"2011-11-16T10:58:50","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T06:58:50","slug":"photos-police-break-up-youth-rally-arrest-several-protestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2011\/11\/16\/photos-police-break-up-youth-rally-arrest-several-protestors.html","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Police Break Up Youth Rally, Arrest Several Protestors"},"content":{"rendered":"

After trying to picket in front of Baku City Hall on Tuesday, a group of young activists, mostly from the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, numbering about 20 people, gathered in Sabir Sqaure, chanting “Freedom!”<\/p>\n

As reported by the Baku-based Turan news agency, the youth were attacked by police, as well as people in civilian clothes. They were beaten and kicked and 5 of the protestors were arrested. Several journalists were likewise subjected to violence.<\/p>\n

Police began to pursue protestors, herding them into the Icheri Sheher (“Old Town”) metro station, where youth continued to shout “Freedom!”<\/p>\n

Note, the demonstrators were calling for the release of political prisoners who were arrested at a Apr. 2 rally, as well as to ensure citizens’ right to freedom of assembly.<\/p>\n

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Photos: <\/em>Turan news agency<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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