Dozens of Azerbaijanis Detained during Night Clash in Kullar (updated)

Baku / 16.06.20 / Turan: During the night clash between Azerbaijani citizens in the Dagestan village of Kullar and Russian police forces, about 50 Azerbaijanis were injured and about 100-120 people were detained. This was reported to Turan by one of the Azerbaijanis, who is in a camp in Kullar.

As already reported, the Azerbaijanis tried to march to the border, but were detained.

“Here people are waiting for a pass to their homeland for one and a half to two months. Yesterday a list of people who were in the next batch of returnees was announced. However, less than half of the people on the list are listed. Many of them were angry that some people who had arrived here recently were on the list. Late in the evening everyone went to the rally and a part moved towards the border. The police blocked the way for the protesters and tried to detain them. However, people were desperately struggling to get the detainees back from the Russian police. Then the security forces used tear gas and, in response, people began throwing objects at them. Arriving as reinforcement, the Russian Guard military could not cope with the protesters. After that, they started shooting into the air and the people were beaten with batons,” the source said.

In the morning the territory was cleaned up, and the people’s blood was washed away. Today, another batch of 200 people was sent to Azerbaijan. Many “old-timers” did not get into it again.

Today, representatives of state bodies of Azerbaijan are expected to arrive. — 03B06-

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2020 June 16 (Tuesday) 00:41:20

Police Brutally Disperse Protest Rally of Azerbaijani Citizens in Dagestan (updated)

Baku / 16.06.20 / Turan: Russian police brutally dispersed the protest rally of Azerbaijani citizens in Kullar, Dagestan by using tear gas and batons. Many protesters received injuries of varying degrees. There are detainees.

“Where is the Azerbaijani state? Why does it let them bring its citizens to such a situation and such a sort of treatment? We have been thrown to the mercy of fate into the field here,” said one of the protesters. — 06B-

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 Protest Rally of Azerbaijani Citizens in Dagestan Kullar

Baku / 15.06.20 / Turan: Azerbaijani citizens awaiting their return to their homeland, in the evening of June 15, held a protest rally in the Dagestan village of Kullar demanding their admission to the border. This was reported to Turan by residents of the tent camp created for the citizens of Azerbaijan.

The situation escalated after it became known that on June 16 only 240 people will be allowed to enter Azerbaijan.

People demand to let everyone enter, and this is about 600 people.

Around 21.30 Baku time, everyone left the tent camp and other places of temporary residence and gathered on the site in front of an asphalt plant.

Some protesters tried to march to the border.

However, the arriving police forces blocked their way and with the use of batons dispersed the crowd.

“The situation is very tense from the sound of police sirens and the scream of people, and children and women are very scared. All we want is to return to our homeland,” one of the protesters said. —06D-