Photo: TURAN.az
Baku/08.10.19/Turan: A picket sanctioned by the authorities for 03.00 hours in front of the Mayor Office resulted in beating the citizens gathered for this rally.
An hour before the rally the reinforced police detachments did not allow the picketers, then they began to disperse and detain those who wanted to go to the rally. The police are rude and unceremonious.
The Internet has been disconnected in the area of the rally and the press cannot broadcast directly. Reporters also
They are abused by the police and prevented from working. Several hundred people gathered in the area of the rally, but the picket as such does not happen.-02D-
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