Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BAKU1156
2006-08-04 14:00:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baku
Cable title:
IBRAHIMOGLU LEADS 70 PERSON PROTEST AT ISRAELI
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 001156
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/04/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IS LE AJ
SUBJECT: IBRAHIMOGLU LEADS 70 PERSON PROTEST AT ISRAELI
EMBASSY
REF: BAKU 1131
Classified By: Acting DCM Joan Polaschik for Reasons 1.4 b and d.
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 001156
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/04/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IS LE AJ
SUBJECT: IBRAHIMOGLU LEADS 70 PERSON PROTEST AT ISRAELI
EMBASSY
REF: BAKU 1131
Classified By: Acting DCM Joan Polaschik for Reasons 1.4 b and d.
1. (C) Former Juma Mosque Imam Ilgar Ibrahimoglu led a group
of roughly 70 - 80 in an August 3 nonviolent protest of
Israeli actions in the Middle East in front of the Israeli
Embassy. Ibrahimoglu told Emboff that police officers arrived
late and largely permitted the group to demonstrate without
interference. At its conclusion, police detained three of the
demonstrators and released them later in the day with a
warning. Separately, on August 2, ten Ibrahimoglu followers
demonstrated in front of the UN offices in Baku to protest
perceived UN inaction in the Middle East. (Ibrahimoglu's
August 3 protest in front of the Israeli Embassy, while still
relatively small, was considerably larger than those he has
organized previously. It was also the first protest he led
personally concerning events in the Middle East. Ibrahimoglu
has given us no indication to date of whether he plans to
protest again in front of our Embassy.)
2. (U) Separately, on August 4 at roughly 1600, approximately
60 - 70 people held a protest in the village of Nardaran in
connection with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
According to OSCE Deputy Head of Mission (DHM),Robin
Seaword, OSCE staff who witnessed the event said that
demonstrators shouted anti-Israeli and anti-American slogans,
with one person condemning the Azerbaijani government for
being anti-Islam. (Nardaran, a village roughly 25 kilometers
north of Baku is known for its conservative Muslim identity,
close knit community and independent-minded streak. Nardaran
villagers were among the only Azerbaijani citizens to protest
the Danish publication of caricatures of the Prophet
Mohammed.) OSCE DHM reports that Nardaran residents plan to
hold another protest next week if a cease-fire has not been
reached in the Middle East.
HYLAND
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/04/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IS LE AJ
SUBJECT: IBRAHIMOGLU LEADS 70 PERSON PROTEST AT ISRAELI
EMBASSY
REF: BAKU 1131
Classified By: Acting DCM Joan Polaschik for Reasons 1.4 b and d.
1. (C) Former Juma Mosque Imam Ilgar Ibrahimoglu led a group
of roughly 70 - 80 in an August 3 nonviolent protest of
Israeli actions in the Middle East in front of the Israeli
Embassy. Ibrahimoglu told Emboff that police officers arrived
late and largely permitted the group to demonstrate without
interference. At its conclusion, police detained three of the
demonstrators and released them later in the day with a
warning. Separately, on August 2, ten Ibrahimoglu followers
demonstrated in front of the UN offices in Baku to protest
perceived UN inaction in the Middle East. (Ibrahimoglu's
August 3 protest in front of the Israeli Embassy, while still
relatively small, was considerably larger than those he has
organized previously. It was also the first protest he led
personally concerning events in the Middle East. Ibrahimoglu
has given us no indication to date of whether he plans to
protest again in front of our Embassy.)
2. (U) Separately, on August 4 at roughly 1600, approximately
60 - 70 people held a protest in the village of Nardaran in
connection with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
According to OSCE Deputy Head of Mission (DHM),Robin
Seaword, OSCE staff who witnessed the event said that
demonstrators shouted anti-Israeli and anti-American slogans,
with one person condemning the Azerbaijani government for
being anti-Islam. (Nardaran, a village roughly 25 kilometers
north of Baku is known for its conservative Muslim identity,
close knit community and independent-minded streak. Nardaran
villagers were among the only Azerbaijani citizens to protest
the Danish publication of caricatures of the Prophet
Mohammed.) OSCE DHM reports that Nardaran residents plan to
hold another protest next week if a cease-fire has not been
reached in the Middle East.
HYLAND