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SECOND AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION YOUTH ACTIVIST DETAINED
The Associated Press
09/13/05 06:35 EDT
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) - An activist of Azerbaijan's Yeni Fikir
(New Thought) opposition youth movement was detained, lawyers and
prosecutors said Tuesday, in the latest sign of rising tensions in
the run-up to the November parliamentary election.
Said Nuriyev was taken into custody Monday as a suspect in the case
already launched against the movement's leader, Ruslan Bashirli, said
Tarana Velizade, a spokeswoman for the Prosecutor-General's office.
Bashirli was accused of taking part in a meeting with agents from
Azerbaijan's rival neighbor, Armenia, aimed at organizing an uprising
by pro-democracy forces in Azerbaijan.
Nuriyev was accused of receiving instructions for carrying out a coup
in Azerbaijan during a trip to Poland, his lawyer Yaver Huseyn said,
citing the warrant.
The Associated Press
09/13/05 06:35 EDT
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) - An activist of Azerbaijan's Yeni Fikir
(New Thought) opposition youth movement was detained, lawyers and
prosecutors said Tuesday, in the latest sign of rising tensions in
the run-up to the November parliamentary election.
Said Nuriyev was taken into custody Monday as a suspect in the case
already launched against the movement's leader, Ruslan Bashirli, said
Tarana Velizade, a spokeswoman for the Prosecutor-General's office.
Bashirli was accused of taking part in a meeting with agents from
Azerbaijan's rival neighbor, Armenia, aimed at organizing an uprising
by pro-democracy forces in Azerbaijan.
Nuriyev was accused of receiving instructions for carrying out a coup
in Azerbaijan during a trip to Poland, his lawyer Yaver Huseyn said,
citing the warrant.