Baku/23.08.19/Turan: Azerbaijani political emigrants from the Democratic Azerbaijan Movement (DAM) held another protest rally in Germany on August 23. This time they gathered in front of the Rhein-Zeitung newspaper in Koblenz to draw the attention of German media to the facts of human rights violations in Azerbaijan.
According to an organizer of the rally Rovshan Jabbarov, since June 28, political emigrants have been conducting a series of protests in front of the German media, informing about the problem of political prisoners.
While freedom of assembly, media, and expression are severely restricted in Azerbaijan, political emigrants are trying to inform the international community about the problem of political prisoners, corruption and bureaucratic arbitrariness.
As part of the campaign, protest rallies were held at the editorial offices of popular German media in Dortmund, Essen, Passau, and Trier. - 06D-
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