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Azerbaijan: Activists stage rare mass protest in Baku

Publisher Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Publication Date 12 September 2016
Cite as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Azerbaijan: Activists stage rare mass protest in Baku, 12 September 2016, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/58189d7521.html [accessed 17 May 2023]
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September 12, 2016

Azerbaijani opposition activists held a rare mass protest in Baku, one of the largest ever seen in the country. The National Council of Democratic Forces called for the cancellation of a September 26 referendum which would strengthen the authority of President Ilham Aliyev, and likely prolong his rule. (RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service)

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