By empty (7/30/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Baku police prevented activists from the opposition party Popular Front of Azerbaijan from organizing an unsanctioned rally near the private TV and radio company Leader on Saturday, an Interfax correspondent reported from the scene. About 50 activists gathered to protest against \"the fabrication of libelous and false reports about the Azerbaijani opposition, particularly about Popular Front leader Ali Kerimli,\" he said. Police detained several participants but released them soon afterwards (Interfax).The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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