Azeri youths ridicule Mubarak statue
BAKU – A group of Azerbaijani youth activists staged a demonstration on Sunday near a statue of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in a Baku suburb, in a gesture of solidarity with anti-Mubarak protesters in Egypt.
The protesters whistled at the statue, chanted slogans, and held up posters, some in English, saying: "Dictator Exit," and "Be off Hosni Mubarak", Radio Liberty reported.
The demonstration, organized by dozens of young people from some opposition parties and youth organizations, lasted just a minute and ended when the police arrived. No detentions were reported.
Mubarak’s statue is situated in the Egypt-Azerbaijan Friendship Park in Khirdalan, about 10 km from the capital Baku.
This was the first protest in Azerbaijan to show solidarity with anti-Mubarak protesters who have been demonstrating in Cairo and other Egyptian cities for nearly two weeks.
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