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Brutal Police Raid on LGBT-friendly Venue in Azerbaijan

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A view of Baku’s skyline, Azerbaijan, June 9, 2022. © 2022 Hoch Zwei/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo Last month, Azerbaijani police raided a venue in the capital Baku, known as a safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and detained over 100 people. According to witnesses and independent media, those detained were abused by police who made it seem like the operation was to target sexual and gender minorities rather than routine law-enforcement.According to a witness Human Rights Watch spoke with, police arrived shortly after midnight, confiscated…

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