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“Statue Prisoners”  

May 10 th is celebrated as former President Heydar Aliyev’s birthday. Millions of dollars are spent by government to bring flowers to Baku and decorate the city and celebrate this day as “Flower Holiday” 2 Azerbaijani activists Giyas Ibrahimov and Bayram Mammadov have painted slogan on Heydar Aliyev’s statue “Happy Slaves’ Day” and “Fuck the System” In Azerbaijani Language “ Gul” means flower but “qul’ means slave. The ministry of Interior have said “We have searched flats of Qiyas and Ibrahim and found 10 kilos of heroin in their flat” Lawyer Faiz Namazli said “ Activists are accused of drug trafficking because defacing a monument is not a punishable act” He has also mentioned that monument of Heydar Aliyev is not counted as cultural heritage. Its an ordinary monument and it does not have special importance for our country. Government could just give administrative punishment to the Youth. Bayram have written “   3 men pushed me to car and took me to po...