PROTEST ACTION IN FRONT OF AZERI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON

    Around 30-35 people stood across the street from the Azerbaijani embassy in US Friday evening to express the protest against imprisonment of the young bloggers Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli.
     Protestors voiced a number of slogans such as `Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly`, `free Adnan and Emin`, `freedom to imprisoned journalists`, etc.
     Some of the protestors even had donkey masks on for showing the reason of the arrest of bloggers. `The reality is that the government in Azerbaijan is not an all-powerful force. The arrest and persecution of Adnan and Emin and other journalists and activists, those who publicly challenge the government"s policies and expose to the world the corruption within it, is in itself the best evidence of the regime"s fears about thepeople in Azerbaijan speaking up and its image being exposed internationally` - they said.
     A few representatives of international organizations and Richmond University employees (Adnan used to study in that University) were among participants of the rally.
     Reporters Without Borders" US representative Clothilde Le Coz read a statement from the name of her organization demanding freedom for imprisoned journalists in Azerbaijan, including Adnan and Emin.
     Many of the protesters said they were not only there for the bloggers, cause, but also to promote human rights and free speech in the country.
     After the rally, protesters gave a letter intended for the ambassador Yashar Aliyev to express their concerns of the recent events. --