Azerbaijan: 32 believers face criminal charges for confronting police

Faik Medzhid
Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:50:00 +0400

32 detainees face criminal charges in connection with the unsanctioned protest action of believers, which was held on October 5 in Baku in front of the Ministry of Education and which grew into clashes between the protesters and the police. The courts pronounced their arrests as pre-trial restriction measures. This was reported on October 8 by Eldar Sultanov, Press Officer of the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan.