POLICE PREVENT AZERI PRESSURE GROUP’S MARCH TO KARABAKH
Lider TV, Baku
8 May 04
(Presenter) Today marks the 12th anniversary of Susa’s occupation. The
plans of the Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) to hold a peace
march to Karabakh have failed. The members of the organization, who
gathered at the Martyr’s Avenue at 1100 (0600 gmt), first commemorated
the martyrs and laid a wreath at the memorial complex.
(Video shows crowds of people visiting the Martyrs’ Avenue)
KLO chairman Akif Nagi said they would march as far as Karabakh and
that citizens from districts along the route would join them.
The march scheduled for 1200 (0700 gmt) did not take place. Police
officers did not allow the KLO members to hold their march. They
explained this by the fact that the action was unsanctioned.
The KLO members, who gathered at the Martyrs’ Avenue, agreed with the
police and gave up on the march in order to avoid a conflict on this
day.