Azerbaijani police broke up rally of youth in memory of victims of massacre that happened in Oil Academy
Today, the reinforced police prevented the youth activists to commemorate the victims of the massacre in the Oil Academy on the occasion of the 4th anniversary of the tragedy, which occurred on April 30, in 2009. Youth action was not authorized by the authorities, which allowed the law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan to disperse the rally. Several youth activists are detained, the Azerbaijani portal "Haqqin.az" reports.
A member of the NIDA Movement, Turgut Gambar, who is the son of the “Musavat” party chairman Isi Hambar, as well as Abulfaz Gurbanly, the head of the Youth Committee of Popular Front, were detained.
As the news agency reports, a group of young people in Azerbaijan called on peers through social networks to come to Baku on April 30 to commemorate the victims of the massacre that took place in the Oil Academy (AGNA).
As the news agency Turan reports, the police cordoned off the building of the Oil Academy, where the bloody drama was played out four years ago, and no one was allowed there.
The police forced out young people with flowers in their hands, and detained Abulfaz Gurbanly, the head of the Youth Committee of Popular Front.
Later, a member of the NIDA Movement, Turgut Gambar, was detained near the Library named after Akhundov. It happened when the police began to disperse approximately 50 young people who gathered to make a rally.
Another group of young people managed to lay flowers on the boulevard, where the concert will take place today. In this way, young people protested against the concert on the day of the victims of terror.
As Turan notes, neither the government nor the leadership of the Oil Academy conduct activities commemorating the victims of the tragedy.
On April 30, in 2009 inhabitant of Georgia Farda Gadirov organized a massacre in the building of the Oil Academy shooting dead 12 people and wounding 13. Gadirov shot himself. Those accused of complicity in the crime, countrymen F. Gadirova, Javidan Amirov, Nadir Aliyev, Najaf Suleymanov were sentenced to life imprisonment. Arif Gabulov was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Except for Suleimanov all the defendants stated that they had given their testimony under pressure.
The Azerbaijani authorities do not allow the youth to hold rallies in memory of the victims of the tragedy and disperse them every year.
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