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COCA-COLA AZERBAIJAN LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF ARRESTED NIDA ACTIVISTS
18:16 04/06/2014 >> SOCIETY
Coca-Cola Azerbaijan launches a series of drinks, on the banks of which
the logo of the Azerbaijani youth movement NIDA is to be depicted,
Azerbaijani news portal "Haqqin.az" reports.
As noted in the article, this was realized due to the new campaign
of Coca-Cola, in frameworks of which anyone can order a logo for a
certain amount of beverage cans.
"The exact number of the ordered cans and the amount that was spent on
this action are not known, but we know one thing for sure - thousands
of cans of cola with the emblem of the revolutionary organization is
already being sold out in stores across Azerbaijan," the portal writes.
Note that the youth activists of NIDA are accused of preparing
riots at Fountain Square of Baku on March 10. They are also charged
with illegal possession of weapons, drugs and hooliganism. Amnesty
International human rights organization recognized all of them as
"prisoners of conscience". On May 6, the defendants were sentenced
to 6-8 years of imprisonment.
The U.S. embassy to Azerbaijan, the U.S. Helsinki Commission , UK
Minister for Europe, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and
Freedom House human rights organizations have condemned the arrest of
Azerbaijani youth activists of NIDA, given the forthcoming chairmanship
of Azerbaijan in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
18:16 04/06/2014 >> SOCIETY
Coca-Cola Azerbaijan launches a series of drinks, on the banks of which
the logo of the Azerbaijani youth movement NIDA is to be depicted,
Azerbaijani news portal "Haqqin.az" reports.
As noted in the article, this was realized due to the new campaign
of Coca-Cola, in frameworks of which anyone can order a logo for a
certain amount of beverage cans.
"The exact number of the ordered cans and the amount that was spent on
this action are not known, but we know one thing for sure - thousands
of cans of cola with the emblem of the revolutionary organization is
already being sold out in stores across Azerbaijan," the portal writes.
Note that the youth activists of NIDA are accused of preparing
riots at Fountain Square of Baku on March 10. They are also charged
with illegal possession of weapons, drugs and hooliganism. Amnesty
International human rights organization recognized all of them as
"prisoners of conscience". On May 6, the defendants were sentenced
to 6-8 years of imprisonment.
The U.S. embassy to Azerbaijan, the U.S. Helsinki Commission , UK
Minister for Europe, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and
Freedom House human rights organizations have condemned the arrest of
Azerbaijani youth activists of NIDA, given the forthcoming chairmanship
of Azerbaijan in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.