Baku/04.04.19/Turan: The National Council of Democratic Forces decided to hold another rally on April 20. This decision was made after the authorities refused to sanction the rally on April 6.
The slogans of the rally remain the same: the freedom of political prisoners, the return of national wealth to the people, the solution of the problem of social benefits, etc., the National Council said.
The last rally, sanctioned by the authorities on January 19, gathered a record number of participants and caused serious concern to the authorities. After that, the authorities did not allow the opposition to hold rallies on February 23, March 2, April 6 and April 7.-03B-
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