The presidential election in Azerbaijan, which launched on April 11, is being held with gross violations, the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports. Cases of ballot box stuffing have been registered.
Azerbaijan presidential election: Gross violations being recorded at polling stations
STEPANAKERT, APRIL 11, ARTSAKHPRESS:In particular, the camera of the central election commission at the polling station in Baku’s Yasamal region recorded how a citizen throws several ballots in the box at once.
In another polling station, the members close the camera with a paper and open several minutes later. The footage clearly shows that after that the number of ballots increased in the ballot box.
The Azerbaijani Turan news agency reported that its photo correspondent’s activity has been undermined. The correspondent was told at the polling station that he is not registered, whereas the central election commission earlier said that there is no rule on restricting the work of photographers.
