About 3 thousand people are protesting at Fountain Square. The number of participants has increased due to the victims' relatives and new groups of young people, who continue to come to the area from all sides. The police can not stop them and only call through a megaphone to the protesters and requires them to disperse.
However, young people are chanting "Resign," "Police, do not torture your people" and "We will not go away!"
At the same time, police detain some protesters, put them in cars and take away. However, despite the hundreds of police officers, their powers are not enough to prevent the action.
Another feature of the action is the fact that it involves a large number of older people, mostly women with portraits of their killed sons and relatives. -16B--
Politics
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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