[governance] Economist on abuses committed by Azerbaijan along way to hosting Eurovision Song Contest

Narine Khachatryan ms.narine.khachatryan at gmail.com
Tue Mar 20 11:21:43 EDT 2012


Dear all,


Child International Network recently published the article below
highlighting pre-Eurovision human rights violations in Azerbaijan.


*Pre-Eurovision evictions*

Human Rights Watch is calling on Azerbaijani authorities to halt the
wrongful evictions of families in a neighbourhood in the capital Baku and
the demolition of their homes ahead of the Eurovision song contest. The
organisation further highlights that there have been no court orders
validating expropriations and demolitions, as required by the country's
constitution. In some cases heating, water and telephone services were cut
in buildings that were still populated. Full
story<http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?id=27666> can
be found here http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?id=27666.




On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>wrote:

Thought i'd share the following tweet just posted online by the Executive
> Director of Human Rights Watch, Ken Roth on Azerbaijan.
>
>
> https://twitter.com/#!/KenRoth/statuses/175988951767724032
> Economist on abuses committed by #Azerbaijan along way to hosting
> #Eurovision Song Contest. References @HRW report. http://econ.st/yaxkOS
>
>
>
> http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/03/eurovision-song-contest
>
> The Eurovision Song Contest
> Can Engelbert Humperdinck free Azerbaijan?
> Mar 2nd 2012, 16:46 by G.E. | TBILISI
>
>
> ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, the 75-year old chosen by the BBC to represent
> Britain at the Eurovision song contest, is more famous for such hits as
> “After the Lovin’” than for political campaigning. But some activists hope
> that when he showcases his crooning in Baku in Azerbaijan on May 26th, the
> event will be made memorable for another reason. With some 120m people
> expected to tune in, they want to highlight the country’s deteriorating
> human-rights record.
>
> [snipped]
>
>
>
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Narine Khachatryan
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