In a statement on Friday, the Iranian NGO called on the Baku government to stop harassment of people in the Shiite-dominated areas.
Condemnation of intensified crackdown on the Azeri Shiite citizens came after the security forces on November 26 launched a raid on the Shiite Muslims in the coastal district of Nardaran, 25 kilometers northeast of capital Baku.
4 Shiite people -members of the Movement for Muslim Unity (MMU)- were reportedly killed in the attack and several others were arrested, including the MMU leader Tale’ Bagirzade, who is also known as Sheikh Bagirov.
In a later attack in Nardaran on December 3, policemen shot and killed five Shiite Muslims and arrested 32 others.
Shiite Muslims make up 85 percent of the population in Azerbaijan.
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