Baku / 10.19.19 / Turan: By 5:00 p.m. the protests in the central streets of Baku stopped. Police cordons were removed from a number of streets. However, the approaches to the May 28 station are still blocked. According to PFPA, several hundred people were detained. The Baku Police General Directorate said official information would be distributed later. During the detentions, several journalists were injured. Police did not allow the reporters to shoot the events. - 0-
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2019 October 19 (Saturday) 16:08:05
Police detained about a hundred protesters
Baku / 10.19.19 / Turan: Together with Ali Karimli, members of the coordination center of the National Council of Democratic Forces Wahid Maharramli and Tofig Yagublu were also detained. Together they left Kerimli"s house, where they were joined by a group of activists. They managed to walk a few hundred meters. Near the Heydar Aliyev Palace, Karimli, Yagublu and Maharramli and other activists were detained with the use of force. After that, the protesters around began to chant anti-government slogans. The police began mass detentions. About 100 people were detained, who were put in three buses and taken to an unknown destination. -06D-
Detained Ali Karimli
Baku/10.19.19/Turan: Police detained Ali Karimli, leader of the Popular Front Party Party, at the exit from the house. An employee of the Azadlig newspaper, a member of the PFPA, Tezehan Miralamli, was also detained. In the city center, police forces do not allow people to get together for 5-10 people. Arrests were near the Heydar Aliyev Palace. In the city, the state of emergency is behind the scenes. In the center and many other parts of Baku, the Internet is disconnected, interruptions in cellular communications. The Internet is also disconnected in many regions, including Ganja, Masalli, Lankaran. - 06D-
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Polad Aslanov, founder of the religious website xeberman.com, who went on hunger strike in the colony on 4 November, was forcibly transferred to the Penitentiary Service hospital in the evening of the same day. This was reported to Turan by his wife Gulmira Aslanov.
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The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the preopening of the Ukrainian Center in Baku, scheduled for 9 November 2024 at 12 pm. The Ukrainian Center, originally established to promote Ukrainian culture, language, heritage and education in Azerbaijan, has been renovated and expanded to better serve its mission.
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The health condition of activist Nijat Ibrahim has sharply worsened while he remains in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan news agency. According to her, Ibrahim called today to report severe back pain, and he can barely move. Recently, his blood pressure has also risen, and doctors have diagnosed him with hypertension.
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On Sunday, November 5, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States. Upon his arrival at Manas 2 International Airport in Bishkek, Aliyev was greeted with a ceremonial honor guard and welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, along with other officials.
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