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APA, Azerbaijan
Aug 17 2012
Azeri police disperse rally outside Israeli embassy
The Islamic Party of Azerbaijan and several Muslim believers have
attempted to picket the Israeli embassy in this country, Baku-based
APA news agency reported on 17 August.
The protesters chanted slogans "Karabakh and Quds are under
occupation"; "Shame on occupying regimes"; "Leave Quds!"; "Israel,
Zionism away from Azerbaijan!". Police did not allow the protesters to
approach the embassy. Three of party officials and two other persons
have been detained.
Islamic Party members also held a peaceful rally today in the Martyrs'
Avenue in Baku, APA said. They read the statement of the rally,
demanding the "release" of Palestinian lands.
[Note: 17 July marks the international Quds Day when Muslims around
the world rally in support of the Palestinian cause.]
[Translated from Azeri]
Aug 17 2012
Azeri police disperse rally outside Israeli embassy
The Islamic Party of Azerbaijan and several Muslim believers have
attempted to picket the Israeli embassy in this country, Baku-based
APA news agency reported on 17 August.
The protesters chanted slogans "Karabakh and Quds are under
occupation"; "Shame on occupying regimes"; "Leave Quds!"; "Israel,
Zionism away from Azerbaijan!". Police did not allow the protesters to
approach the embassy. Three of party officials and two other persons
have been detained.
Islamic Party members also held a peaceful rally today in the Martyrs'
Avenue in Baku, APA said. They read the statement of the rally,
demanding the "release" of Palestinian lands.
[Note: 17 July marks the international Quds Day when Muslims around
the world rally in support of the Palestinian cause.]
[Translated from Azeri]