This painting is one of a series of paintings that inspired Bert by a visit to de old factory CHV Noordkade in Veghel in the Netherlands. Bert situated in this strange environment a demonstration against the ruling regime of president Ilham Aliyev. International pressure has been exerted on Azerbaijan to release its number of political prisoners. Since joining the Council of Europe, the Azerbaijani government has released one hundred political prisoners, but many remain in custody, and opposition supporters continue to be detained without proof of wrongdoing. A number of persons of the Democratic movement of Azerbaijan like theTalysh national minority activists including Novruzali Mammadov, Atachan Abilov, Arif and Junus Leyla are recognized as political prisoners or refugees by the international organizations. On the background of the painting you will recognize the modern apartment buildings and the TV tower of Baku in the moonlight.
