Turan news agency, Azerbaijani Opposition Sept 23 2017 Azerbaijan detains seven activists ahead of opposition rally [Armenian News note: the below is translation from the Russian edition of Turan] Turan, 23 Sep: Police [in Azerbaijan] have detained six activists ahead of today's sanctioned rally to be staged by the [Azerbaijani opposition umbrella group] National Council of Democratic Forces. Among the detainees are members of the People's Front of Azerbaijan Party [PFAP]: Ilham Huseyn, Maharram Rza, Bahruz Hasanli, Emil Salimov, Saqif Qurbanov and Aqil Maharramov. A member of the Muslim Unity Movement, Ahsan Nuruzada, was also detained. The PFAP leadership told Turan news agency that the reasons for the detention of the activists are not reported, but this is certainly connected with the conduct of the opposition rally. As for [Azerbaijani religious activist] Ahsan Nuruzada, he disappeared on 19 September [as published; Turan reported earlier that Nuruzada went missing on 24 January] and it became known later that he was subjected to 10-day administrative arrest. [Turan said earlier that he was kept in the main directorate for combat organised crimes of the Interior Ministry until 30 January without informing his family and was not allowed to meet his lawyer Yalcin Imanov]. We should recall that at 1500 local time [1100 gmt on 23 September], a rally will be held at the Mahsul stadium in [Baku's] Yasamal district with a demand that the authorities explain the illegality of spending almost 3bn dollars, which were used to bribe foreign politicians and plundered by state officials.