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Azeri police fire rubber bullets at protesters rallying against army abuse
March 10, 2013 - 17:19 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Police in Azerbaijan fired rubber bullets and water
cannon at hundreds of opposition protesters demonstrating on Sunday,
March 10 against violence in the military in the oil-rich country,
Reuters said.
The protest is one of a series triggered by the sudden death of a
soldier, Jeyhun Gubadov, on January 7 at a military barracks.
The Defence Ministry said initially the soldier had died of a heart
attack, but his family believed he was murdered and four soldiers were
arrested after an investigation was opened.
Some 500 people gathered the capital Baku shouting "No to deaths in
the army" at the rally mostly organized via Facebook by young
opposition activists. The demonstration was not sanctioned by the
authorities.
Western governments and human rights groups accuse Azerbaijan's
President Ilham Aliyev, who succeeded his father in 2003, of rigging
elections and of clamping down on dissent. Protests are often swiftly
broken up by security forces.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/149158/
March 10, 2013 - 17:19 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Police in Azerbaijan fired rubber bullets and water
cannon at hundreds of opposition protesters demonstrating on Sunday,
March 10 against violence in the military in the oil-rich country,
Reuters said.
The protest is one of a series triggered by the sudden death of a
soldier, Jeyhun Gubadov, on January 7 at a military barracks.
The Defence Ministry said initially the soldier had died of a heart
attack, but his family believed he was murdered and four soldiers were
arrested after an investigation was opened.
Some 500 people gathered the capital Baku shouting "No to deaths in
the army" at the rally mostly organized via Facebook by young
opposition activists. The demonstration was not sanctioned by the
authorities.
Western governments and human rights groups accuse Azerbaijan's
President Ilham Aliyev, who succeeded his father in 2003, of rigging
elections and of clamping down on dissent. Protests are often swiftly
broken up by security forces.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/149158/