At about 15:00hrs, dozens of Islamists attempted to hold a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Baku. On the way to the embassy, they were stopped by police and driven away. The police used force and arrested about 15 people, Turan reports from the scene.
Islamists planned to protest against the film "Innocence of Muslims", which presents the Prophet Muhammad in a bad light. The participants of a rally shouted curses to authors of the film and the slogan "Allahu Akbar." According to Turan correspondent, other groups of islamistov are also going to the embassy. -17В-
Politics
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On January 20, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Switzerland on a working visit to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Azerbaijani citizen Farid Safarli has been released from an Iranian prison and returned to his homeland.
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The speaker of the Platform III of the Republic (ResPlatforma), Akif Gurbanov, who was arrested in the Toplum TV case, has addressed the country's President Ilham Aliyev.
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Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Party of People's Front of Azerbaijan (PPFA), has started a hunger strike in penitentiary institution No. 7, where he is serving a prison sentence. This is stated in the PPFA report.
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