Azerbaijani political emigrants demanded an end to repressions

A rally was held in Strasbourg, France, demanding freedom for political prisoners in Azerbaijan and an end to repressions. The action was carried out by the organization of Azerbaijani political emigrants in Europe AND.

One of the protesters, the head of the press service of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan party, Natig Adilov, called for protests to be held in European cities against repressions in Azerbaijan.

The leader of the AND movement, Ganimat Zahid, noted that recently a new wave of repressions has begun in Azerbaijan: “Almost daily we receive information about calls to the police, detentions, arrests, about new potential candidates to be imprisoned on trumped-up charges. One of the most egregious cases was the arrest of the well-known economist Gubad Ibadoglu, who is also one of the country's brightest opposition political figures.” According to Rakhim Hajiyev, editor of the Azadlyg newspaper, who is in political emigration, the arrest of Ibadoglu caused indignation of the world community.

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