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21. Isa Shakhmarli, Azeri Gay Rights Activist

Thu Jan 23, 2014, 11:44 PM

Jan 2014

The Huffington Post
Isa Shakhmarli, Azeri Gay Rights Activist, Allegedly Commits Suicide With A Rainbow Flag
Posted: 01/23/2014 12:30 pm EST

Members of Azerbaijan's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are in mourning this week after the unexpected death of one of their leading advocates.

As the AFP reports, 20-year-old Isa Shakhmarli was found dead Jan. 22 after reportedly hanging himself with a rainbow flag. Shakhmarli was the chairman of Azerbaijan Free LGBT, a Baku-based gay rights advocacy group, according to the report.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has published an excerpt of a note that the LGBT activist apparently wrote to friends on his Facebook page.

"This world is not colorful enough for my colors," part of the note read, according to the report....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/isa-shakhmarli-gay-activist-dead-_n_4652416.html?ref=topbar

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