India, Oct. 19 -- Amnesty International, through comments by Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, called on the Azerbaijani authorities to reverse school uniform regulations that have led to pupils and teachers wearing hijabs being denied entry to schools, and to immediately and unconditionally release anyone detained solely for peacefully exercising their rights.
Amnesty International statement
Marie Struthers said there were “mass arrests of peaceful protesters alongside participants in violent riots,” including the reported detention of a mother protesting her daughter’s exclusion from school, and cited the disappearance of an activist who aimed to help affected girls.
Struthers said denyi...