Baku / 10.19.19 / Turan: By 5:00 p.m. the protests in the central streets of Baku stopped. Police cordons were removed from a number of streets. However, the approaches to the May 28 station are still blocked. According to PFPA, several hundred people were detained. The Baku Police General Directorate said official information would be distributed later. During the detentions, several journalists were injured. Police did not allow the reporters to shoot the events. - 0-
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2019 October 19 (Saturday) 16:08:05
Police detained about a hundred protesters
Baku / 10.19.19 / Turan: Together with Ali Karimli, members of the coordination center of the National Council of Democratic Forces Wahid Maharramli and Tofig Yagublu were also detained. Together they left Kerimli"s house, where they were joined by a group of activists. They managed to walk a few hundred meters. Near the Heydar Aliyev Palace, Karimli, Yagublu and Maharramli and other activists were detained with the use of force. After that, the protesters around began to chant anti-government slogans. The police began mass detentions. About 100 people were detained, who were put in three buses and taken to an unknown destination. -06D-
Detained Ali Karimli
Baku/10.19.19/Turan: Police detained Ali Karimli, leader of the Popular Front Party Party, at the exit from the house. An employee of the Azadlig newspaper, a member of the PFPA, Tezehan Miralamli, was also detained. In the city center, police forces do not allow people to get together for 5-10 people. Arrests were near the Heydar Aliyev Palace. In the city, the state of emergency is behind the scenes. In the center and many other parts of Baku, the Internet is disconnected, interruptions in cellular communications. The Internet is also disconnected in many regions, including Ganja, Masalli, Lankaran. - 06D-
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