KARABAKH LIBERATION ORGANIZATION’S ACTIVISTS SET FREE AFTER THREE-HOUR DETAINMENT
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 5 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. S.Ilhamgizi / Activists of the Karabakh
Liberation Organization (KLO) who were planning to hold a protest
against the visit of Armenians to Baku were set free after three
hours of being detained, Akif Nagi, the Chairman of the organization,
told Trend News Agency.
The meeting of the Council of Interior Ministers of CIS countries
will be held in Baku from 6 to 7 September. The Armenian Interior
Minister will also be among the meetings’ attendees. The Azerbaijani
government has guaranteed security for all of their guests.
Elkhan Hasanov, the chief of the Narimanov Police Station, with twenty
policemen, went to the KLO’s office.
Akif Nagi, the Chairman of the organization, and four members were
taken to the police station, where they were detained for three hours.
In response to all of the warring, the chairman of the organization
wants to hold a protest which will begin from the KLO office on
6 September.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus arose in
1988 as a result of territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan.
Since 1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijani
territory including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven
surrounding Districts. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a
ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The
Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France, and the US)
are currently holding peaceful negotiations.