Government spokesman Ehsan Zahidov says no permit was issued to the opposition parties to hold the rally. Zahidov says the opposition's intent was to create a confrontation in Baku and that was unacceptable.
The head of the opposition Popular Front of Azerbaijan, Ali Kerimli, vowed the rally will be held in a central square in Baku. Kerimli says it is a constitutional right to hold a rally.
Police and protesters clashed last month at a similar rally, in which some 75 people were arrested.
(RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, AFP)
The head of the opposition Popular Front of Azerbaijan, Ali Kerimli, vowed the rally will be held in a central square in Baku. Kerimli says it is a constitutional right to hold a rally.
Police and protesters clashed last month at a similar rally, in which some 75 people were arrested.
(RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, AFP)
