Baku / 30.08.17 / Turan: The Coordination Center of the Musavat Party in Europe will hold rallies in large cities of Europe in front of the offices of international organizations in the coming days, demanding the release of Mehman Aliyev, Director of Turan News Agency, who has been arrested in Azerbaijan.
Turan Agency was informed about this by the head of the Coordination Center of the Musavat Party in Europe, member of the committee Freedom to Mehman Aliyev! Ilham Hasan.
The first rally will take place in Nuremberg on September 9.
"Next rallies will be held in front of the Council of Europe and the European Parliament. Along with rallies, meetings with European parliamentarians are also planned," Hasan said. -03B-
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