Azeri police disperse anti-Armenian picket outside British embassy

Azeri police disperse anti-Armenian picket outside British embassy

ANS TV, Baku
10 Sep 04

[Presenter] The United People’s Front of Azerbaijan Party has held
a picket outside the British embassy in Baku.

[Correspondent over video of protesters chanting “Karabakh” and the
police trying to disperse them] Officers of the Sabayil district
police department, who were guarding the British embassy, noticed the
arrival of the pickets a little later, and only a couple of minutes
into the picket, did they begin attacking the protesters. They took
the protesters’ slogans and flags and detained the most active members
of the party.

The embassy’s employees were watching the picket. After a brief clash
with the police, eight members of the party were detained and taken
to Sabayil district police station No 39.

According to information from the party, the eight men were released
later.

Mahir Mammadli and Sehrac Azadoglu, ANS.