Organizers’ software for a permit was rejected by the authorities on March 4. Before the occasion began, police raided a café and detained two activists concerned with the women’s rights group that organized the march. Officers ultimately detained a minimal of 20 demonstrators, with a report of police violence against no less than one participant. The authorities additionally shut down Baku’s public transportation, citing coronavirus restrictions, despite the very fact that such shutdowns had not occurred throughout any previous vacation in the course of the pandemic.