Two activists in Sheki were subjected to administrative penalties for participating a month ago in a flash mob in support of arrested human rights activist Rasul Jafarov. They were arrested the day before, and today Sheki district court fined a member of the local organization of PFPA Vugar Rzayev 400 manat, and employee Election Monitoring and Democracy Studying Center Rasim Rzayev, 500 manat.
They were found guilty under Article 298.2 (violation of pickets, demonstrations) of the Code of Administrative Offences, according to the head of the Sheki Branch of the Popular Front Party, Ali Abdullayev.
* Flash mob in support Jafarov was held in Sheki on August 17, on the birthday of the arrested human rights activist. Then Abdullayev and another activist PNFP Rauf Abdurahmanli were arrested for five days. In addition, two protesters, members of the Popular Front Party were also fined 500 AZN each. -03B-
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