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Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
December 11, 2010
Police in the Azerbaijani capital
Hundreds of people took part in the protest outside the Education Ministry, a
turnout analysts say is high in tightly controlled secular
Police say twelve 12 demonstrators were arrested.
The demonstration was called after Azerbaijan's Education Minister Misir
Mardanov said girls should comply with official rules on school uniforms, which
forbid the wearing of the hijab.