Baku / 20.02.20 / Turan: The reason for the protest in the village of Chally was the sale of pasture areas to some local residents and the former head of the Zardob district, Lutvali Babayev.
“For many years, these illegally sold territories have not been returned to us. People were tired of waiting for the restoration of justice and allowed livestock to pasture. Today the police arrived there, detaining three people and beating another 2-3 people, ”a source in the village said.
The head of the municipality of the village of Chally Eyub Azizov refused to comment on the Turan agency and advised him to turn to the “relevant structures”.
It was not possible to get comments from the Zardob Executive.
The head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ehsan Zakhidov, denied Turan information about the detainees in Zardobe.-21C-
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2020 February 20 (Thursday) 20:35:55
Peasants in the Zardab region protested against the seizure of pastures
Baku / 02.20.20 / Turan: In Zardob region, about a hundred local residents staged a protest march demanding the return of their pastures. One of t
he protesters said that the lands that belonged to three hundred families were captured by 10 people.
All this happened with the participation of local authorities. We will not be silent anymore, we rebelled, chanted the demonstrators.
The police detained the leaders of the rally. However, the tension maintained. Authorities have not yet commented on what happened.
It should be noted that the seizure of pastures and peasant allotments by officials through violence and falsification has become commonplace in Azerbaijan .-- 0—
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