Preventive measure, arrest, was adopted against 32 of 74 arrested during the protest on October 5 in front of the Ministry of Education, according to the press service of the General Prosecutor Office. Another 14 people were subjected to administrative arrest; administrative penalty was made against 28 detainees, in the form of a warning.
The protesters demanded to lift the ban on hiajbs (headscarves) in schools. Attempts of police to disperse the protesting believers called the resistance of Islamists. During the clashes, police used truncheons, and demonstrators - sticks and stones. Several police officers were seriously injured.
On the same day, in the Baku Prosecutor Office filed a lawsuit under the Article 223
(disorderly conduct) and 315.2 (resistance and the use of force against a government officials.)
On October 5 the action of protest became the most massive and aggressive action of believers over the past year and a half. –06D-
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