Musavatists Detained in Jalilabad Released Video (UPDATED)

Baku /05.10.19 / Turan: Musavat party activists detained in Jalilabad were released.

In particular, during a meeting between the head of Musavat Arif Hajili and local activists, police detained his adviser Idayat Ismayilov, head of the district party organization Azer Asker, chairman of the control and audit commission Akif Badirli and member of the Council Rustam Rustamov.

This was reported by the head of the party"s press service, Mustafa Hajibayli.

According to him, the detainees were taken to the district police department. The breakdown of the meeting by police was motivated by the fact that it was not agreed with the local authorities.

In turn, as noted by Hajibayli, coordination with the authorities is not required for events at the party"s office.

After a while, everyone was released.

On Saturday, several activists of the Masalli district organization of Musavat were also detained, including its chairman and deputy chairman Allahverdi Rahimli and Ramiz Abdullah, who were traveling to Jalilabad to meet with Hajili.

They were delivered to the Masalli District Police Department and, after questioning, were released. bb - 021B06--

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2019 October 05 (Saturday) 13:11:42

Musavat attack in Jalilabad (Video)

Baku / 05.10.19 / Turan: Today in the city of Jalilabad in southern Azerbaijan, an attack was made on the head of the Musavat party Arif Hajili and members of the organization, said Hajili.

He noted that during a meeting with local activists, about 20 police officers and people in civilian clothes broke into the premises.

"They demanded that we stop the meeting and leave the premises. Activists did not want to interrupt the meeting. I told the police that they did not have the right to interrupt the event in this form. In response, the police used force. Several party members were detained.

Earlier, the police detained a group of party members when they were heading to meet with me," Hajili said.

The car in which the head of Musavat was located was also attacked.

"After my departure from Jalilabad to Baku, a red Mazda chased us along the way, from where they threw eggs into our car and threatened," Hajili told Turan.

It was not possible to get comments in the Jalilabad district police department.

On October 4, candidates for the post of head of Musavat Tofig Yagublu and Yadigar Sadigli were detained in Gabala, and participants in the meeting with Hajili in Khachmaz were called to the police for a preventive conversation.

Meetings in the regions are held as part of the preparations for the Musavat Congress, scheduled for October 12. - 06D-