A member of the NIDA Youth Movement Board, Rashadat Akhundov,
was arrested today for threemonths. He was arrested this afternoon and taken to the Office of the Prosecutor's Office for Serious Crimes, Turan was told by Board Turgut Gambar, the member of NIDA. There is an information, that another member of the NIDA Board, Uzeir Mammadli, was alos arrested today.
According to sources in NIDA, the young people were taken to Nasimi Court which passed a decision for their arrest pending investigation. According to unofficial data, they are charged under Article 228.3 of the Criminal Code (illegal possession of firearms or ammunition by an organized group.)
From March 8-14, four activists of the NIDA were arrested on similar charges. They organized
a protest against the soldiers' deaths on March 10 in the center of Baku. However, the authorities planted drugs on them and bottles with explosives, and accused them riot with the use of explosives. All of them were arrested for three months.-03B-
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