200 Arrested in Azerbaijan Protest

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More than 200 protesters were arrested Saturday during an anti-government demonstration in the capital, Baku, marking the latest in a series of government crackdowns on opposition leaders and youth activists hoping to emulate the mass protest movements sweeping the Arab world.

Saturday's crackdown comes after a series of arrests in February and March of leading opposition figures and youth activists. Police detained about 150 people at opposition rallies in Baku in March, according to Reuters.

The article says roughly 1,000 people showed up to the protest on Saturday, but were quickly dispersed by the police. So far these protests seem pretty non-violent despite whats going on in other countries.

Heres an article that says the opposition vows more protests

Opposition in Azerbaijan Vows to Step Up Protests

MOSCOW — Opposition leaders in Azerbaijan vowed Monday to step up a nascent protest campaign against the authoritarian government of the former Soviet republic, despite a recent police crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.

Emboldened by protests sweeping the Middle East, government opponents in Azerbaijan, an oil-rich, mostly Muslim country, have taken to Facebook and other social networking sites to organize a series of demonstrations in recent weeks, including one on Saturday, against the government of President Ilham Aliyev.

Another oil-rich country? Im not sure what will happen in the next few weeks in Azerbaijan, since there dosent really seem to be much news coming out of the country.