AZERI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DENIED ENTRANCE TO BENANIAR

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.01.2010 19:07 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azeri human rights advocates were denied entrance
to the village of Beniniar, Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, said
human rights activist Saadat Banainarly who was planning a visit to
the village in connection with the recent incident.

The visit, according to her, was cancelled as there was no agreement
with Nakhichevan’s law enforcement bodies. "We can carry out the visit
only in case of obtaining consent from the country’s Foreign Minister,"
she said. Human rights advocates’ visit to the village was coordinated
with Azerbaijan’s Interior Minister Ramil Usubov, APA reported.

On December 27 (Ahsur Day), the local residents of the village came
into a clash with the police. Civilians were reportedly subjected to
violence; some of them were arrested.