Attempt to protest in Baku

Azerbaijani Folk Front Activities Group (PNFA) On Tuesday, on October 5, tried to hold a protest action to a specialized medical institution of the penitentiary service of Azerbaijan.

The participants of the action demanded the release of the PNFA Member Niizeddin Akhmedov.

Police officers demanded from the protesters to disperse, referring to the provision on the inadmissibility of the cluster of more than 5 people due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Next, several share participants were planted in police cars and taken away in an unknown direction. The head of the Public Relations and Media Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Elshad Gadzhiev said in an interview with “Turan” that the police provided removal from the territory of the participants of the action. There are no detainees.