Tomorrow is Eid Ul Fitr
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. | BayBak congratulates all muslims and wishes all the best for Azerbaijanis. |
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. | BayBak congratulates all muslims and wishes all the best for Azerbaijanis. |
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. | Taher Elmagrahi joined protesters who stormed the embassy and raised the pre-Gaddafi flag.
Zimbabwe’s foreign minister |
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. | Lake Urmu, 20 years of battle for survival (Photo) |
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. | This Note is a briefing of the historic events on 27 August 2011, the Designated Day of Action for the Revival of Lake Urmu, which took place in Urmu, a provincial capital and the second biggest city of Southern Azerbaijan, as well as in Tebriz, the historic capital of Azerbaijan. The revival of Lake Urmu is a demand of the highest priority, owing to water levels falling at such an alarming rate that its obliteration is inevitable within a few years if no action is taken now. The Islamic Republic |
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. | the recent brutal crackdown by Islamic Republic of Iran’s security forces , against peaceful demonstration of Azerbaijani environmentalists in Urmia and Tabriz cities of Southern Azerbaijan (North Western provinces of Iran). Conservationists of two large cities around the Urmia lake, staged a demonstration against mismanagement of the water resources by the authorities on 27 August 2011. Construction of far too many dams has been resulted in destruction of 60% of Urmia lake, which threatens health of 14 million inhabitants of the area with salt rains. Three bodies have been dumped by police in Maytham street and Alburz |
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. | Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers voted 215 to 177 for Mr Noda, who defeated Trade Minister Banri Kaieda in a run-off after public favourite Seiji Maehara was rejected on the first ballot. The DPJ is set to use its majority in the lower house to appoint him as premier to succeed Naoto Kan.
”I’m firmly resolved to |
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. | Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from the war, there is no water, food and medical supplies in many cities and reports coming from daily casualties accross the country. But, rebells do not concider the countries wellfare, altough they had promised before.
Also, African Union refuses to recognize transition council. |
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. | The explosion happened at a time when hundreds of tourists and vacationers arrive at the beach. The blast caused panic as 10 people, mostly tourists from Norway, were injured by pebbles and little stones blasted away by the explosion.
The inured were taken |
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. | Syria’s Interior Ministry urged residents of the capital not to respond to calls posted on social media networks to stage protests in Damascus squares “for their own safety†after some of the most intense protests there since the start of the five-month uprising against Assad, according to The Associated Press.
Assad has met the extraordinary revolt against his family’s 40-year dynasty with a brutal security crackdown, but has also acknowledged the need for reform. He has lifted |
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. | A new Moon will appear at 08:00 Baku time on 29 August, Director of the observatory Eyyub Guliyev said.
“This Moon may not be seen to a naked eye. Therefore, one should continue |
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. | BayBak learnt that activists from Fars minority (related to Green Movement) and from other ethnic groups in Iran are calling to support the Azerbaijani protest in term of using it against the Islamic Regime.
There is also a plan to set a color (blue) to the Lake Urmu protests to make it look like a “Blue Revolutionâ€! However, BayBak reminds that the color of Azerbaijani movements was and is RED and will never be changed. |
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. | According to our editors, some photos and videos which are from past protests or even from outside Iran have been published as if they are from today’s protests in Tabriz and Urmu city. BayBak asks site and media editors to take proper steps when dealing with this kind of materials. It is necessary to make sure that the materials are from trustable sources before re-publishing them. |
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. | New photos of Urmu protest (Photo) |
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. | According to report received by BayBak, a man died after being hit by a shocker/taser gun. According the report, a meeting was held hours ago by local authorities and Sepah commanders where those commanders insulted the authority’s soft reaction on protest. The commanders have informed the local authority that they will deploy armoured vehicles to Tabriz city to crash down the protest. In same time, there are reports from Urmu city indicates harsh crack down on protesters by police, wounded are being dragged away by civil clothed officers who also have been in local hospital looking for wounded to arrest. BayBak reports that heavy smoke visible from many parts in Tabriz and Urmu. Protest and clash between police and protesters is spreading to other parts of the city. |
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. | Video of the start of today’s protest in Urmu city |