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Wednesday, 08 June 2005
AZERBAIJANI POLICEMAN DISMISSED FOR ASSAULTING JOURNALIST
By empty (6/8/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The police officer who assaulted Farid Teymurkhanli, a reporter for the independent daily \"Ayna/Zerkalo,\" during the unsanctioned 21 May opposition demonstration in Baku has been dismissed, Interior Minister Ramil Usubov told Turan. Teymurkhanli, who suffered a concussion after a blow to the head, has asked the Prosecutor-General\'s Office to bring criminal charges against the police officer in question, whose name Usubov did not divulge. (Turan).
The police officer who assaulted Farid Teymurkhanli, a reporter for the independent daily \"Ayna/Zerkalo,\" during the unsanctioned 21 May opposition demonstration in Baku has been dismissed, Interior Minister Ramil Usubov told Turan. Teymurkhanli, who suffered a concussion after a blow to the head, has asked the Prosecutor-General\'s Office to bring criminal charges against the police officer in question, whose name Usubov did not divulge. (Turan)