On 10 August 2011, the building at 38, Shamsi Badalbeyli Street in Baku was demolished. The building houses the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD), the Azerbaijan Campaign for the Ban of Landmines, and the Women Crisis Center (WCC). The house was owned by Azerbaijan human rights defender Ms Leyla Yunus and her husband Mr Arif Yunus.
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On 10 August 2011 at approximately 8.30 pm, heavy machinery started the demolition of the building. Two activists were inside the building and they were reportedly only given five minutes to vacate the premises. In approximately 30 minutes, the builduing was demolished and all the documentation of the three human rights organisations as well as personal belongings of Leyla Yunus and her personal archives were destroyed.
It is reported that the demolition took place in the presence of a Mr Ismailov, representative of Baku municipality, and a Mr Gamborov, representatve of State committee dealing with property questions.
