Repression of Sabirabad continues

At night on July 7 the police attacked  the villages affected by floods in 2010 in Sabirabad region, local branch of the PPFA reported  referring to the website Gunxeber.com.

Police officers wearing masks invaded the villages Minbashi, Poladtogay, Azadkend, Chagyran,  and Khankechan. About 7-8 cars raced through the villages at high speed,  scaring the local residents, who were in their homes, putting them in horror.

They insulted ll people. Several people were detained for no reason and then released. Angry "the guardians of order"  beat Rafik Rasulov, a 61-year-old resident of the village  of Poladtogay.

The operation was conducted in order to intimidate the local population, so  that they did not  demand from the state fair distribution of aid to the victims.

According to information received by  Turan agency, the attackers were dressed in civilian clothes and armed with  guns. They rode in cars with no signs of police designations.

Periodic arrests  and interviews  with the most active individuals have been taking place over the past three months in the worst areas affected  by flooding.

Thus, the authorities are trying to close the theme of the flood  which has brought disaster to thousands of people and unprecedented, in its scale, cynicism to the flood victims.