AZERI YOUTH ACTIVISTS STOP HUNGER STRIKE

Assa-Irada, Baku
6 Sep 05

Baku, 6 September: Members of the Yeni Fikir [New Thought] youth
movement stopped their hunger strike today, the movement’s deputy
chairman, Said Nuriyev, told Assa-Irada news agency. He explained
the decision with preparations for the opposition’s next rally.

The movement’s [four] members went on hunger strike on 31 August to
demand that their [jailed] leader Ruslan Basirli be released. Basirli
is facing charges of collaborating with Armenian special services.