{"id":194430,"date":"2019-03-11T15:49:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T15:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/international-womens-day-in-azerbaijan\/"},"modified":"2019-03-11T15:49:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T15:49:54","slug":"international-womens-day-in-azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/international-womens-day-in-azerbaijan\/","title":{"rendered":"Baku police disperse rally on International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\"\ttitle=\"Rally on International Women's Day\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/watch?v=OzxEeZUdxtg&#038;feature=youtu.be\"\tframeborder=\"0\"\tallow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n  <\/div><figcaption>\n    Rally on International Women&#8217;s Day<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  An unsanctioned rally to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day on 8 March was dispersed by police after a group of women had met to raise awareness of women\u2019s rights. Authorities had announced earlier during the week that permission to hold such a march was denied, and that police would prevent illegal gatherings.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Following a call on social media to protest against domestic violence and gender inequality, a group of women met at the \u2018Statue of a Liberated Woman\u2019 in Baku\u2019s city center, close to Nizami metro station. They intended to march to the statue of poet Khurshidbanu Natavan, a 20-minute walk away.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Police officers who had been at the site since noon, two hours before the scheduled start of the rally, blocked access to the monument. A few dozen women were chanting and shouting slogans before eventually being pushed towards the Nizami metro station and dispersed by police.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Protesters were also attacked by what they<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/jam-news.net\/baku-police-disperse-feminist-rally-on-international-womens-day\/\"><br \/>\n    reportedly<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  described as a group of aggressive elderly women.<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r_X-lQkr0BY?t=10\"><br \/>\n    Video footage from the scene<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  shows a reporter being hit and pushed around, without police intervening. Participants of the march and rights activists<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/oc-media.org\/police-in-azerbaijan-break-up-women-s-day-march\/\"><br \/>\n    believe<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  the attack was orchestrated by authorities.\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/53226722_2456732354346587_8931322240776011776_o-jpg\/\" alt=\"53226722_2456732354346587_8931322240776011776_o.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-119729\"\/><figcaption>\n    Rally &#8216;No to violence against women!&#8217;<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/53825920_2456732504346572_6231508281001508864_o-jpg\/\" alt=\"53825920_2456732504346572_6231508281001508864_o.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-119738\"\/><figcaption>\n    Rally &#8216;No to violence against women!&#8217;<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/53297000_2456732024346620_8423641043211124736_o-jpg\/\" alt=\"53297000_2456732024346620_8423641043211124736_o.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-119735\"\/><figcaption>\n    Rally &#8216;No to violence against women!&#8217;<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/54520182_2456732121013277_3055357644664471552_o-jpg\/\" alt=\"54520182_2456732121013277_3055357644664471552_o.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-119732\"\/><figcaption>\n    Rally &#8216;No to violence against women!&#8217;<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/53676978_2456731931013296_188141721006112768_o-jpg\/\" alt=\"53676978_2456731931013296_188141721006112768_o.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-119726\"\/><figcaption>\n    Rally &#8216;No to violence against women!&#8217;<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of women gathered to protest against domestic violence after authorities had denied permission to hold an official International Women&#8217;s Day march in Baku.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":119744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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