Facebook Calls Rally Azeris to Protest Army Hazing After Death
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Thousands of Azeris are signing up on Facebook Inc. to rally against violence in the armed forces tomorrow after the death of a conscript that his family has blamed on a beating in a hazing incident.
The campaign, which has been joined by more than 13,000 Facebook users in the former Soviet republic, was prompted by the Jan. 7 death of an 18-year-old conscript, Ceyhun Qubadov, at an army base in the western Daskasan district. The U.S. Embassy in the capital, Baku, has warned the planned demonstration may turn violent.