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Thursday, 01 December 2005
AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES CALL ON OPPOSITION TO MOVE DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE OF CAPITAL
By empty (12/1/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Baku mayor\'s office issued a statement on 1 December calling on the opposition to move their planned 3 December demonstration from the center of the city to a sports facility outside of the capital. The mayor\'s office explained that such a move is necessary to ensure public order, citing the 1 December statement by Baku police chief Maharram Aliyev in which he charged that participants in the 26 November opposition demonstration committed \"illegal acts, disrupted public order and called for violence and civic disobedience.\"(Turan) .
The Baku mayor\'s office issued a statement on 1 December calling on the opposition to move their planned 3 December demonstration from the center of the city to a sports facility outside of the capital. The mayor\'s office explained that such a move is necessary to ensure public order, citing the 1 December statement by Baku police chief Maharram Aliyev in which he charged that participants in the 26 November opposition demonstration committed \"illegal acts, disrupted public order and called for violence and civic disobedience.\"(Turan)