Police in Azerbaijan have detained several dozen opposition activists trying to hold a protest to demand freedom of assembly and transparent parliamentary elections this fall.
Police on Saturday moved quickly to disperse demonstrators chanting "Freedom!" and "Free elections!" About 30 participants of the unsanctioned rally in downtown Baku were detained.
The rally was organized by the Popular Front, a leading opposition group. The authorities had offered organizers to hold the demonstration on the outskirts of the capital, but they refused.
President Ilham Aliyev's government has faced criticism by international rights groups over the heavy-handed treatment of independent media and opposition parties in the Caspian Sea nation. International observers have said past elections were flawed.
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