A father appeals for his headscarf-wearing daughter's right to education. In the footage he says he lost his arm in the war; the source presents him as a Karabakh veteran.
Source: Gülən Müsəlman / Mira Haber
Videos
The footage speaks for itself
Girls left at the school gate, and the classmates and teachers who stood by them. We have gathered the published videos here, with their sources.
In their own words
Footage from the school gate
Short videos filmed and shared by parents, pupils and their classmates themselves.
A pupil describes, in her own words, being kept out of her school because of her headscarf.
Source: Mira Haber
In a Baku classroom, pupils embrace their headscarf-wearing teacher. She was reportedly removed from her post; this is not independently confirmed.
Source: Meydan TV
Mollaoba village, Masally: pupils protest with placards in the school yard.
Source: OC Media / Facebook
Balakhany, School No. 69: pupils protest in support of their headscarf-wearing classmates.
Source: Mira Haber
Footage published as showing headscarf-wearing pupils turned back at the entrance of School No. 9 in Jalilabad.
Source: Daily Islamist / Karar
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Reports
These reports play from the publisher's own YouTube channel.
AĞTV Media
Daha bir məktəbdə hicab qadağası - SON DƏQİQƏ
A report on headscarf-wearing pupils reportedly kept out of class at School No. 15 in Sumgayit.
Azadlıq Radiosu
Məktəblərə hicablıların buraxılmadığı iddiaları yayılır
Claims that headscarf-wearing pupils were refused entry at School No. 8 in Imishli, months before the decision.
alanews
Hijab vietato, alunne respinte in Azerbaijan
A report by the Italian agency alanews bringing together footage of pupils and a teacher.
2 video
At the school gate
Footage and first-hand accounts of headscarf-wearing pupils reportedly kept out of class.
BBC
BBC News Azərbaycanca
Məktəblərdə hicab qadağanmı edilir, yoxsa həll yolu tapılacaq?
A video report on the footage that spread after the Cabinet decision and on how the decision is being read.
Watch at the source
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera English
Hijabi students turned away from school in Azerbaijan
Footage of schoolgirls leaving in tears after reportedly being refused entry.
Watch at the source
3 video
Pupils protest
Pupils who stayed out of class and held up placards in support of their classmates.
BBC
BBC News Azərbaycanca
Azərbaycanda ''hicab qadağası''na etirazlarla bağlı videolar yayılıb
A video report on footage of pupils protesting near a Baku school and gathering around a headscarf-wearing teacher.
Watch at the source
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera English
Azerbaijan school pupils protest over reported hijab restrictions
Footage presented as protests outside schools and a boycott of lessons.
Watch at the source
OC Media
OC Media
Azerbaijan students launch school strike over hijab restrictions
A report linking to protest videos from schools in Baku and Masally.
Watch at the source
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- Details of schools, places and people are as reported by the source; not every one is independently confirmed.
- Archive footage is not presented as a current event.
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