Azerbaijan, Baku, 7 July / Trend corr E.Babayev/ Opposition Musavat party will hold a picket in front of the Baku City Hall on 11 July. "We will protest against restriction of freedom of assembly," head of Musavat's central executive administration Arif Hajili said to Trend on 7 July.
At the beginning of June, Musavat made a lawsuit against Baku City Hall. On 25 June Sabail District Court rejected Musavat's lawsuit. Later Musavat made an appeal for the decision. In its lawsuit, Musavat required to declare illegal the decision of the City Hall not to allocate a relevant place for the demonstration which the party wanted to conduct on 4 May.
Musavat Party postponed its demonstrations scheduled for 4 and 18 May. Baku City Hall allowed holding a demonstration in the Bibi Heybat settlement instead of the places where the party wanted (Ukrainian Circle, the square in front of former Galaba Cinema, in front of Narimanov metro station, Fuzuli Square, or the territory in front of Tabriz cinema (former Sevinj). Musavat held a picket in front of Baku City Hall last month.
Hajili said Musavat wants to solve the problem with freedom of assembly both through court and pickets.
Opposition Musavat party was founded at the beginning of 1992. Its leader, Isa Gambar, was the speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament between 1992 and 1993. In 2003, he ran for presidency. The party is represented by 5 MPs in the Parliament.
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