 Complete the following phrase:  On 17 November 1988 mass demonstrations were started against the Soviet Union in Bakus then Lenin Square. Demonstrators were mostly concerned about the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the influx of Azeri refugees. While the demands were for the reform of the political system to adapt to the changing situation and a strong action against Armenians in that region, many called for Azeri secession from the Soviet Union as an independent republic and the release from prison of the Azeris who were involved in the 