Sources: Turan News Agency, Amnesty International the Netherlands (Facebook)
On June 19, a group of human rights activists from
Amnesty International
the Netherlands held a rally in front of the Azerbaijani Embassy in The Hague calling for the release of the political prisoners in Azerbaijan,
Turan News Agency
reports.
According to the
Facebook page of Amnesty International
, the organization organized a #RunForLeyla rally in support of Leyla Yunus and other prisoners in Azerbaijan. The activists gathered with posters in front of the embassy and staged a sit-in action.
On their Facebook page Amnesty International of the Netherlands urges to sign up for a declaration condemning human rights violations in Azerbaijan. For now over 40,000 people have signed the declaration,
Turan
reported.
