Azeri Police Detain 50 as Protest in Baku Is Shut Down
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Police in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku arrested nearly 50 people as they stopped a rally in support of anti-government protests and riots that hit the northwestern Ismayilli District this week.
The protesters chanted “Get your guns off us” and “Baku supports Ismayilli” before being detained by riot police and plainclothes security officers and driven away in buses.