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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10470

11 October 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/azerbaijan
EU concerned over convictions of peaceful protesters

Brussels, 10/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - The High Representative is "very concerned" by the conviction of four people who took part in a peaceful demonstration on 2 April, her spokesperson states in a press release. Catherine Ashton takes the view that "these convictions are not consistent with Azerbaijan's efforts to progress towards pluralist democracy and are a discouraging signal". Three of the demonstrators were sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment and the fourth to two years...

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