22:20, 20 October 2003
Leaders of Azerbaijan Musavat opposition party seek political asylum in Norway
One of them is editor-in-chief of the party newspaper Rauf Arif-oglu. He has been declared wanted on suspicion of arranging disorders in Baku during presidential elections.
Then hundreds of Musavat party supporters gathered near the party headquarters in Baku, and party leader Isa Gambar announced his victory in the elections. Clashes with police started after it.
Source: Ekho Moskvy Radio