Azeri activists jailed over protest
BAKU – Four Azerbaijani youth activists detained during a protest on Sunday have been sentenced to up to eight days of administrative arrest, Radio Liberty's Azerbaijani Service reports.
The four, together with journalist Fikrat Faramazoglu, were apprehended during a rally on Baku Boulevard to demand the release of jailed fellow activists, including Baxtiyar Haciyev, Cabbar Savalanli, and Rufat Hacibeyli. Faramazoglu was released later on Sunday.
The protesters were members of the Committee to Protect Rights of Political Prisoners, an umbrella group on which various political parties and public organizations are represented.
Haciyev was sentenced last week to two years in prison on charges of draft evasion. Cabbar Savalanli is serving a 2 1/2-year sentence for illegal possession of drugs.
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