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Sunday, 10 July 2005

TEN THOUSAND DEMONSTRATE AGAINST GOVERNMENT IN AZERBAIJAN

Published in News Digest

By empty (7/10/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Some 10,000 opposition members, many dressed in orange, demonstrated Sunday in the centre of Azerbaijan\'s capital Baku to call for fair parliamentary elections in November. Participants at the rally, organised by the opposition Azadlyg (Freedom) Bloc, shouted: \"freedom\" and called on President Ilham Aliyev to ensure that the November 6 poll is free. Many wore orange clothing, a symbol inspired by last year\'s \"orange revolution\" that brought pro-Western opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko to power in Ukraine.
Some 10,000 opposition members, many dressed in orange, demonstrated Sunday in the centre of Azerbaijan\'s capital Baku to call for fair parliamentary elections in November. Participants at the rally, organised by the opposition Azadlyg (Freedom) Bloc, shouted: \"freedom\" and called on President Ilham Aliyev to ensure that the November 6 poll is free. Many wore orange clothing, a symbol inspired by last year\'s \"orange revolution\" that brought pro-Western opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko to power in Ukraine. Isa Gambar, head of the opposition party Musavat, told the crowd that \"this year we will free the country from the Aliyev regime.\" Aliyev, who took over the presidency from his father Heydar Aliyev in controversial 2003 elections, has only recently allowed opposition protests to take place. (AFP)
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