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MASS PROTEST DEMANDING ILHAM ALIYEV'S RESIGNATION IS HELD IN AZERBAIJAN
20:04 10/11/2014 >> POLITICS
In Azerbaijan, the oppositional National Council of Democratic
Forces held a meeting on November 9. It was aimed at releasing civil
activists, the Azerbaijani service of Radio "Liberty" reports.
According to the article in the course of the meeting the chairman
of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan Ali Kerimli stated that the
Azerbaijani authorities will not be able to destroy the civil society
and opposition parties in the country.
"Despite the massive repressions people have come out to the stadium
and are now protesting against them.
The authorities wanted to intimidate the people and all of you with
the repressions, and to silence the Azerbaijani society. But it
didn't succeed. They failed, despite the arrests of the activists,
journalists and bloggers," said Kerimli.
According to the Azerbaijani news agency "Turan", in its turn, the
chairman of the National Council Jamil Hasanli, claiming about more
than 100 political prisoners in Azerbaijan; he stated that even
in absolute monarchies there are no such big numbers of detained
government critics.
Regarding social issues, Hasanli noted that the pensioners' pensions
are not enough to purchase drugs. Treatment Azerbaijanis forced to
travel to neighboring Iran. Despite the potential of agriculture the
farmers drag out a miserable existence.
Hasanli stated that there is a need for electoral reforms and
changes in composition of election commissions in order to ensure
the confidence of people towards the elections.
According to "Caucasian Knot", the Azerbaijani opposition rally
ended with the adoption of a resolution that demanded the release of
political prisoners, the electoral reform, solving social problems,
European integration of Azerbaijan.
The article notes that in the course of the rally the speakers speeches
were being interrupted by slogans like "Resign!" which probably meant
the resignation of the President Ilham Aliyev. Almost in the middle
of the rally the sound amplifiers were disconnected just in a few
minutes after the last slogans were chanted. The organizers explained
this by deliberate power outage. However, this outraged the protesters
even more, and they started to chant the slogans more intensively.
At the same time, as noted in the article, a group of believers had
attended the meeting. They were holding the placards of the arrested
leader of the Islamic Party Movsum Samedov, theologians Abgyulya
Suleymanli and Taleh Bagirzadeh.
Member of the rally Committee, deputy chairman of the Popular Front
Party of Azerbaijan Fuad Gahramanli said that there were about seven
thousand people attending the rally.
On October 12 in Baku another rally demanding the release of the
political prisoners was held by the opposition parties.
Source: Panorama.am
20:04 10/11/2014 >> POLITICS
In Azerbaijan, the oppositional National Council of Democratic
Forces held a meeting on November 9. It was aimed at releasing civil
activists, the Azerbaijani service of Radio "Liberty" reports.
According to the article in the course of the meeting the chairman
of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan Ali Kerimli stated that the
Azerbaijani authorities will not be able to destroy the civil society
and opposition parties in the country.
"Despite the massive repressions people have come out to the stadium
and are now protesting against them.
The authorities wanted to intimidate the people and all of you with
the repressions, and to silence the Azerbaijani society. But it
didn't succeed. They failed, despite the arrests of the activists,
journalists and bloggers," said Kerimli.
According to the Azerbaijani news agency "Turan", in its turn, the
chairman of the National Council Jamil Hasanli, claiming about more
than 100 political prisoners in Azerbaijan; he stated that even
in absolute monarchies there are no such big numbers of detained
government critics.
Regarding social issues, Hasanli noted that the pensioners' pensions
are not enough to purchase drugs. Treatment Azerbaijanis forced to
travel to neighboring Iran. Despite the potential of agriculture the
farmers drag out a miserable existence.
Hasanli stated that there is a need for electoral reforms and
changes in composition of election commissions in order to ensure
the confidence of people towards the elections.
According to "Caucasian Knot", the Azerbaijani opposition rally
ended with the adoption of a resolution that demanded the release of
political prisoners, the electoral reform, solving social problems,
European integration of Azerbaijan.
The article notes that in the course of the rally the speakers speeches
were being interrupted by slogans like "Resign!" which probably meant
the resignation of the President Ilham Aliyev. Almost in the middle
of the rally the sound amplifiers were disconnected just in a few
minutes after the last slogans were chanted. The organizers explained
this by deliberate power outage. However, this outraged the protesters
even more, and they started to chant the slogans more intensively.
At the same time, as noted in the article, a group of believers had
attended the meeting. They were holding the placards of the arrested
leader of the Islamic Party Movsum Samedov, theologians Abgyulya
Suleymanli and Taleh Bagirzadeh.
Member of the rally Committee, deputy chairman of the Popular Front
Party of Azerbaijan Fuad Gahramanli said that there were about seven
thousand people attending the rally.
On October 12 in Baku another rally demanding the release of the
political prisoners was held by the opposition parties.
Source: Panorama.am