Azeri opposition leader faces charges after illegal rally

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The head of Azeri opposition party Popular Front faces legal action after authorities arrested him in Baku for attempting to lead an unsanctioned demonstration.
Ali Karimli was detained Saturday while leading a procession through Baku’s Alley of Martyrs, a national cemetery, to honor Azerbaijan’s fallen on a holiday marking independence from the Soviet Union.
A Baku police statement said Sunday that “as a result of police efforts to prevent an unau