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    Consume Korean, Chilean or French CAVIAR: at least you are sure to avoid cancer due to presence of hydrocarbons in caspian caviar;

    Sturgeons Without Borders
    May 11, 2012 - 2:25pm, by Yigal Schleifer Kebabistan Food and Business
    As previously reported on this blog, the production of caviar is no longer a strictly Caspian region affair. Far from it. Sturgeon farms turning out the valuable fish eggs are now operating in South America, China and even in the desert of Abu Dhabi. We can now add South Korea to the list of countries that are part of the caviar club. Reports the New York Times:

    When Han Sang-hun brought 200 sturgeons on a chartered plane from Russia in 1997, South Korean officials regarded the alien fish with a level of suspicion that the owner of a fish pond might reserve for an invasion of sharks. After all, the sturgeon, because of its prickly looks, is called the armored shark in Korean.

    “They said if any of them escaped into the rivers, they would ruin the local ecosystem, attacking and devouring other fish,” Mr. Han recalled with a pained amusement. “The sturgeon is a slow-swimming fish with no teeth to speak of.”

    When he finally extricated his fish from customs, he placed them at a riverside farm in this town 90 kilometers, or 56 miles, southeast of Seoul. For the next 12 years, Mr. Han spent $1 million a year feeding and looking after a stock that grew to 50,000 sturgeons, all children of the original 200. But he got little in return until 2009, when the fish were old enough to yield caviar — one of the world’s most expensive delicacies, selling for as much as $400 per ounce, or $14 a gram.

    On a recent spring harvesting day, a farmhand gently massaged a sturgeon’s belly as Mr. Han traced a slender steel device up its egg-laying duct and popped a bulging egg sack inside. Roe poured out like so many black pearls into a bowl.

    “This business is not for everyone. You have to invest for 10 to 15 years with no immediate return,” Mr. Han said in an interview at his farm, lamenting that 70 people who bought sturgeons from him to start their farms had all given up, asking him to buy back the fish.

    For Mr. Han, the harvest was worth all the hassle, investment and waiting.

    Korean caviar? For caviar lovers, who may see the price of the stuff go down now that there are more sources, this is good news. For the Caspian region's producers of the delicacy, who were used to having a monopoly on the luxury product, the sturgeons of Korea clearly represent something quite different.

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      Baku systematically destroys Azerbaijan's indigenous population

      May 12, 2012 - 15:10 AMT

      PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 8-10, Nagorno Karabakh hosted an extended
      meeting of organizing committee of international conference on
      `Indigenous people of the Caucasus-Caspian Region.

      Apart from Armenian representatives, the committee comprises science
      workers and public figures from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey,
      European countries, the U.S. and Russia.

      As Talysh delegation member Mortza Kasempuv told PanARMENIAN.Net the
      conference aims to call international community's attention to the
      rights of indigenous people residing in the Caspian region,
      particularly in Azerbaijan.

      `Iran is our homeland, where all the rights of indigenous people are
      exercised. Official Baku's policy aims to wipe all national minorities
      of Azerbaijan, Talysh, Lezgians, Avars and Udis off the face of the
      country. We were evicted from our historical lands: Lankaran, Astara,
      Masallı, Lerik and Goranboy. Azerbaijan must recognize all the nations
      residing in its territory to ensure peace,' Kasempuv said.

      `There are no Talysh schools in Azerbaijan, language and culture are
      forbidden, repression is exerted against Talysh activists,' he said.

      The Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic was a short-lived
      self-proclaimed autonomous republic in Azerbaijan that lasted from
      June to August 1993.

      Talysh prople speak the Talysh language, one of the Northwestern
      Iranian languages. It is spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian
      provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern parts of the Republic
      of Azerbaijan.

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        How the nuvo -rish mentality, of an ex-KGB general's retarded galuboy son, can create problems for himself, where there was none.....



        Eurovision: Azerbaijan's Three Days of Fame
        May 17, 2012 - 2:10pm, by Giorgi Lomsadze Tamada Tales Azerbaijan Eurovision
        Sabina Babayeva is not the only Azerbaijani singer preparing for Eurovision. The government apparently has a song to sing, too, and it's called (with apologies to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe) "Just You Wait."

        Sick of what they term international media and rights groups' "politicization" of Eurovision, officials say that when Europe drops by Azerbaijan on May 22 for three days of pop and glamour, visitors will see for themselves that Azerbaijan is up to snuff on all fronts.

        “Tourists and visitors to Azerbaijan will be able to personally make sure that Azerbaijani society is tolerant . . .Political pluralism, human rights have been fully ensured,” declared Ali Hasanov, head of the presidential administration's public and political policy department.

        Azerbaijanis are wonderfully hospitable people and Baku is, in fact, looking dazzling these days. With glittering new buildings, fancy illuminations along the Caspian Sea, squeaky clean streets, and London-style taxi cabs, the oil-and-gas wealth is written all over the place.

        But while the Eurovision song contest, perhaps the biggest international attention-grabber for Azerbaijan since the Nagorno-Karabakh war, has inspired an impressive overhaul of Baku, it has not led to a "remont" of Azerbaijan's civil rights record.

        Report after report in recent months has focused on how, behind the snazzy buildings, the ruling elite has literally beat political dissent and free media into a corner.

        Hasanov writes down such criticism to scheming by enemies of the state; most of all neighboring Armenia, the source of all evil. When German officials and media took jabs at Azerbaijan, Baku dismissed the attack as, well, fascist.

        The “norms of Azerbaijan civil society do not lag behind European ones," he asserts. And to prove it -- presumably -- dozens of government officials made a surprise appearance at a May 16 discussion on media rights in Baku organized by the Eurovision protest group Sing for Democracy.

        There, they informed us that it's a "violation of privacy" to expose a conflict of interest between First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva both heading Azerbaijan's Eurovision committee and being an owner of a company that worked on the construction of Eurovision's main venue. One, apparently, just as bad as the smear campaign launched a few months ago against the journalist, Khadija Ismayilova (who works for EurasiaNet.org as well as RFE/RL), who uncovered the discrepancy.

        Pro-government media reportedly brought up the rear by questioning Ismayilova's private life; already a tactic used in the smear campaign.

        Are these really European norms?

        Arguably, the Azerbaijani government could have taken a tenth of the effort away from the national home improvement campaign and applied it to the civil liberties front. Then, Baku may have impressed both visitors and residents . . . and not just visually.

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            BBC Monitoring Trans Caucasus Unit
            May 25, 2012 Friday

            Pro-government Azeri media slam BBC over "smear" campaign


            Official Azarbaycan newspaper has slammed the BBC's "smear" campaign
            against Azerbaijan in the run-up to Eurovision Song Contest.

            The paper said despite the government's call not to politicize the
            contest, certain powers are not giving up the black PR against
            Azerbaijan, adding that the BBC was at the forefront of the campaign.

            "Despite hard efforts of the Eurovision bosses to isolate this contest
            from politics, there have always been forces that want to create
            gossips and controversy around the contest. This year the initiators
            of these gossips and political controversy are British media, which is
            one of the first countries that established the Eurovision Song
            Contest".

            The paper gave a summary of the Panorama programme on BBC One, in
            which Britain's Eurovision contestant Engelbert Humperdinck was asked
            a political question about rights situation in Azerbaijan. The paper
            noted that reporters fixed the camera on Engelbert when he refused to
            answer the question. It also said that British newspapers Mirror and
            The Telegraph slammed Humperdinck for refusal to speak about human
            rights situation in Azerbaijan.

            The paper said these actions of BBC colleagues were against the
            principles of the company.

            "It is notable that the BBC, which is distinct for its strict media
            regulations, has lost almost all court cases against it. It is also
            known that the BBC had to pay 90 per cent of all fines and
            compensations due to the 'naughtiness' of Panorama anchors," the paper
            went on saying.

            The paper added that the BBC reporters "are not leaving alone
            Humperdinck" ahead of the contest and quoted a Russian media report as
            saying that the singer had been offered to wear a T-shirt with the
            words "Please, release them", implying the release of "political
            prisoners" in Azerbaijan.

            "British journalists insistently urge the singer spread slogans and
            make calls to ask the Azerbaijani government to release 'political
            prisoners' in Baku," Azarbaycan paper said.

            The author of the article said that there were indeed, human rights
            problems in Azerbaijan. However, the author questioned why British
            journalists were spotlighting those problems only on the eve of the
            Eurovision Song Contest. "Does it mean they will not care about these
            issues after the contest?"

            The paper suggested that perhaps the BBC was "taking revenge" because
            Azerbaijan did not extend this company's licence.
            The paper went on saying that it did not believe in the BBC's
            sincerity, since this company "is taking a biased position by keeping
            silent on the occupation of the Azerbaijani lands by Armenia and the
            displacement of one million Azerbaijanis from their lands".

            "It is difficult to understand and support this position," the paper said.

            Private Baki Xabar paper also published an article on 25 May, saying
            that "another Eurovision singer was urged to make a political
            statement". The article referred to the BBC's Panorama programme
            "Dirty Secrets of Eurovision" and said Britain's contestant was urged
            to make a political statement. The paper was referring to an article
            published in the British Daily Mail.
            Yeni Azarbaycan paper on 25 May also dedicated an article to the
            Panorama programme with the headline "British mass media: Britain's
            Eurovision 2012 contestant has been urged to make a political
            statement in Baku on BBC channel".

            Opposition Azadliq newspaper has published an article praising the
            Panorama programme. The article carries the caption "decisive blow on
            the Aliyevs from Britain" and is focused on the statements made by the
            programme anchor against the Azerbaijani president and the
            government's policies.

            Source: Azarbaycan, Baku, in Azeri 25 May 12 p 4; Baki Xabar, Baku, in
            Azeri 25 May 12 p 3; Yeni Azarbaycan, Baku, in Azeri 25 May 12 p 4;
            Azadliq, Baku in Azeri 25 May 12 p 10

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              Azerbaijan: What’s with Baku’s Serbia Connection?

              Azerbaijan has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest and has obtained a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Now officials in Baku seem intent on raising the country’s profile as an international donor.

              “Azerbaijan already plays a role globally as a political force,” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev proudly declared at an April 16 cabinet meeting, local media outlets reported. “Taking our financial resources, we will play a role as a financial force, too.”

              Putting the country’s money where Aliyev’s mouth is, the Azerbaijani governing recently extended a $370.7 million (300-million-euro) loan to Serbia for the construction of 40 kilometers of a highway (E-763) that runs to Romania, Montenegro, and Italy. The project includes the construction of 78 bridges and five tunnels. The loan to the Balkan state is Baku’s second largest after the 2011 outlay of $755 million to Georgia to finance construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway.

              The 15-year Serbian loan, ratified by Azerbaijan’s parliament on April 6, comes with a 4-percent interest rate and a three-year payback holiday. The funds were extended on two conditions: that an Azerbaijani company performs the work; and that no attempt is made to attract Armenian investors to the project.(pathetic)

              While in Georgia’s case Baku had clear strategic reasons for extending a mega-loan, Azerbaijan’s choice of Serbia as a loan recipient is more of a head-scratcher. Officials have not explained their rationale, nor has there been public discussion of the decision. “The problem is that the process was very non-transparent, and it is not clear how the government calculated the risks and Serbia’s ability to repay the loan,” said Togrul Juvarly, an independent economist in Baku.

              The Cabinet of Ministers and Ministry of Economic Development did not respond to several EurasiaNet.org requests to explain the criteria for deciding on the Serbia loan, or to discuss grants made to several other countries in 2011.

              One Ministry of Economic Development official commented, however, that “all decisions were taken by the country’s political leadership.”

              “No one asked us. All projects, including the loan to Serbia, are the personal order of President Aliyev,” added the official, who asked not to be named.

              AzVirt Organak, a Belgrade-registered subsidiary of AzVirt, one of Azerbaijan’s most prominent road construction companies, already has started work on the highway with the Serbian state-owned Corridor Serbia.

              Information about AzVirt’s ownership structure is not available in the Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes’ online company registry. What is known is that the company for the past decade has worked on major infrastructure projects financed by the Azerbaijani government, including the construction of airports.

              Azerbaijani business analysts told EurasiaNet.org that AzVirt appears to have an especially close relationship with a state-run, entity, Azerbaijan Hava Yollari (AHY), which runs Azerbaijan’s airports and the national airline, AZAL. AHY is headed by Jahangir Askerov, who also happens to be a personal friend of President Aliyev. AzVirt and AZAL have collaborated on a number of infrastructure projects, including the construction of an airport in Zagatala and the creation of service roads at Baku airport.

              Askerov could not be reached for comment.

              Zohrab Ismayil, a member of the National Budget Group, a Baku-based coalition of non-governmental organizations that tracks government budget expenditures, suggested that the opportunity for large companies with ties to the Azerbaijani government to gain “beneficial conditions for doing business in Serbia” may have been a factor in the highway loan deal. Otherwise, it is hard to explain “such a love from Baku for Belgrade,” said Ismayil.

              Since 2011, Azerbaijan also has extended grants worth millions of dollars to Serbia for various feel-good cultural projects. Topping the list is the restoration of Belgrade’s 16th-century Bajrakli Mosque, a project costing 1.14 million euros ($1.42 million). Baku also made 647,619 euros ($803,302) available for the restoration of the St. Petka Church outside the city of Novy Sad. Another 325,300 euros ($403,536) was extended for restoration of Belgrade’s Tashmaydan Park, which includes a monument to the late Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev.

              As with the highway loan, officials have not elaborated on the reasons for Azerbaijan’s interest in the Serbian cultural projects. “It is unclear to me why Baku should renovate churches and mosques in Serbia, when there are lots of social-welfare problems in Azerbaijan,” commented Baku-based political analyst Elhan Shahingolu.

              Serbia is not the only Balkan nation where Baku has made a mark. In December 2011, Bosnia, with a predominantly Muslim population and strong ties to Azerbaijani ally Turkey, received 404,564 euros ($501,891) from Baku for construction of a “Friendship Bridge” linking the Muslim and Christian quarters of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo.

              Romania, where the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic is involved in a liquefied natural gas project, received 463,500 euros ($575,024) for the restoration of Bucharest’s Heydar Aliyev Park.

              Azerbaijan’s donor activities have even extended to the Americas. In 2011, Mexico received $8 million for the construction of an Azerbaijani-Mexican Friendship Park in Mexico City. The Mexican Senate later adopted a resolution recognizing as genocide the 1992 massacre of ethnic Azeris at Khojaly in breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh.

              Smaller sums have gone to Afghanistan for the training of police (1 million euros or $1.24 million), and to Somalia and Pakistan in the form of humanitarian aid.

              In a country where memories of the foreign aid that once kept Azerbaijan afloat still run strong, such measures, whatever their motivation, play a key psychological role. Asserted President Aliyev: “[W]e ourselves have turned into a donor country and it shows the success of our policy.”

              Editor's note: Shahin Abbasov is a freelance reporter based in Baku.

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                http://www.newsinenglish.no/2012/05/...hreatened-too/

                Beaten in Baku, threatened too
                May 27, 2012

                Norway not only wound up last in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest but also landed in a serious diplomatic dispute with authorities in the contest’s host country of Azerbaijan. It didn’t turn out to be a very happy birthday for Norway’s contestant, singer Touraj “Tooji” Keshtkar, and Sweden stole the show.

                Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) almost pulled Tooji out of the competition before it even started on Saturday, to protest the treatment that an NRK team received upon departure from Baku. NRK reported that they were detained at the airport, threatened and abused by Azerbaijani police, apparently because the Azerbaijani authorities were provoked by the content of material broadcast by the team, which included a Norwegian-Iranian comedian who works for NRK’s channel P3.

                “But we chose to go ahead (with Tooji’s performance),” said NRK’s program director, Per Arne Kalbakk. “Pulling Tooji out of Eurovision would have caused bigger problems for the arrangers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), and the artists. We decided it would have been the wrong reaction.”

                Kalbakk and other top NRK officials including Charlo Halvorsen, who’s married to Norway’s Education Minister Kristin Halvorsen, called the conduct of the authorities at the airport in Azerbaijan “totally unacceptable.” They have contacted both Norway’s Foreign Ministry and EBU officials, and the foreign ministry has in turn demanded what it calls a “clarification” from both their counterparts in Azerbaijan and from Azerbaijan’s diplomatic mission to Norway.

                The threats and harassment experienced by the NRK team involved a series of comedy programs they aired from Baku. The programs featured Amir Asgharnejad, a comedian who pretended to be a reporter from an Iranian TV station and who conducted mock interviews with both people on the street and members of Norway’s delegation to Eurovision.

                With statements like “Don’t be fooled by these glass and gold buildings” in Baku and references to local attitudes against homosexuality, officials in Azerbaijan and local media reportedly found the NRK P3 team’s programs offensive and an insult to their country. When the NRK team was leaving the country, they were stopped by police at the airport security checkpoint.

                “We don’t know whether this was a real police action or whether this was a group of police who decided to act like thugs,” Halvorsen told NRK’s own website. “But for Amir, it was an extremely uncomfortable experience. He was taken to a hearing room, threatened and forced to remove his clothes.” Asgharnejad told NRK’s late-night national newscast that he also was harassed and forced to kick an Iranian flag on the ground, even though he resisted because he found that an offensive act. He said the police filmed their harassment of him.

                All four team members were on assignment for NRK and accredited to cover Eurovision. EBU had secured guarantees from the authorities in Azerbaijan, known for harassing their own journalists, that all journalists would be well-treated and be allowed to work freely.

                ‘What on earth happened?’
                Tooji, meanwhile, earned only seven points at the Eurovision final, three from the Netherlands, three from Sweden and one point from Iceland. That left both him and Norway in last place of the 26 countries that made it to the finals. A total of 42 countries had participated in Eurovision this year.

                Tooji’s lowly seven points compared to the 372 points accumulated by Sweden’s entry, a singer named Loreen, who won the Eurovision Song Contest. Her song “Euphoria” gathered top scores from one country after another, while a Russian group of singing grandmothers won second place.

                “What on earth happened?” Tooji wondered to NRK when it was all over. “Europe clearly doesn’t like me.”

                He claimed he nonetheless “had a great time” at Eurovision and that “we couldn’t have done anything differently.” Tooji, who has made his full-time job with Norway’s child welfare agency a priority throughout his Eurovision involvement this year, also said he intended to stay involved with music but joked that he likely would stay away from Eurovision in the future.

                Tooji, who turned 25 on Saturday and had hoped for a victorious birthday bash, was also still planning to celebrate. “It’s still my birthday,” he said.

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                • Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

                  Azeri lambs lost the Artsakh war and now they dream about rebuilding their post war "grey wolf " image worldwide, they don't want to be lambs any more. But they are scared to pass the red line that can trigger full scale war they are afraid of all. Therefore we should setup a red line for them to prevent "Running Scared" cowardly, as it was in Eurovision 2011 and Artsakh war. We Armenians must help them to rebuild their image a little bit without getting Azeries afraid too much.

                  In that case I think they will agree with all our terms in the Minsk Group negotiations, in return.

                  I suggest we set up a red line like this: If the border line incidents are limited by casual fire towards the sky and/or wounding Armenian lambs by their snipers (not killing) in neighboring villages or killing their own solders accidentally; they can do it as much as they need to rebuild their image.

                  Otherwise Armenia will start full scale war immediately, which they can confront with their "Running Scared" winner song.

                  I think the song is a great piece of art that truly reflects the post war realities.


                  But seriously I think the red-line statement should be developed and issued by Armenia right now.
                  Last edited by gegev; 06-10-2012, 09:52 PM.

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                    Թուրքիայի նախագահ Օզալի մահվան հանգամանքների վերաբերյալ վերջին տեղեկատվությունները, ըստ ամենայնի, Ադրբեջանի իշխող վարչախմբին անհանգստություն են պատճառել: Թուրքական մամուլը գրել է, որ «Օզալին սպանողը գտնվում է Ադրբեջանում», եւ անգամ հրապարակել է վերջինիս անունը: Այդ առթիվ մենք ենթադրել էինք, որ Օզալի մահվան մեջ Ադրբեջանում կարող էր շահագրգռված լինել նա, ով բոլոր միջոցներով ձգտում էր Էլչիբեյի տապալմանը, եւ դա Հեյդար Ալիեւն էր:

                    Թեմային modern.az-ի խնդրանքով անդրադարձել է Ադրբեջանի Միլլի մեջլիսի պատգամավոր Ֆազիլ Մուստաֆաեւը, որ նշված ժամանակ` 1992-93 թթ., աշխատել է նախագահի աշխատակազմի պետաիրավական բաժնի վարիչի տեղակալի պաշտոնում: Նա ասել է, որ «ադրբեջանական թույլ հատուկ ծառայությունները չէին կարող թունավորել Օզալին»: Սա, խոստովանենք, անհամոզիչ է հնչում: Մուստաֆաեւը թերեւս ինքն էլ հասկացել է, որ չափազանց խախուտ «հիմնավորում» է բերում եւ փորձել է տեսակետն «ամրապնդել»:

                    Շատախոսությունը, սակայն, երեւակել է Մուստաֆաեւի «մեկնաբանությունների» չհիմնավորվածությունը եւ ծնել հարցականներ: Այսպես, նա տառացիորեն ասել է. «Ադրբեջանի այն ժամանակվա իշխանությունը Թուրգութ Օզալի մահով կորցրեց իր մեծ աջակցին: Այս տեսակետից այդ հանցագործության մեջ իշխանությունը դեր ուենալ չէր կարող: Այսօր հստակ ապացույց չկա` Թուրգութ բեյը թունավորվել է Բաքվո՞ւմ, թե՞ Թուրքիայում: Դա դեռեւս պետք է ապացուցվի»:

                    Թուրքական մամուլը չի գրել, որ «Օզալին ադրբեջանական իշխանությունները կամ հատուկ ծառայություններն են թունավորել»: Չի ասվել, որ դա տեղի է ունեցել Բաքվում: Իսկ Ֆազիլ Մուստաֆաեւը, ինչպես տեսնում ենք, Օզալի մահվան պատասխանատվությունը հեռացնում է ոչ թե առհասարակ ադրբեջանական կողմից, այլ միայն` այդ պահի իշխանությունից, որի համար իրոք այդ մահը ծանր կորուստ էր:

                    Մուստաֆաեւը չի հերքում եւ չի էլ կարող հերքել, որ Օզալի մահվան մեջ Ադրբեջանում կարող էր շահագրգռված լինել Էլչիբեյին ընդդիմադիր որեւէ ուժ: 1993թ. ապրիլի դրությամբ նման բացահայտ ուժ էր Սուրեթ Հուսեյնովը: Թերեւս դա նկատի ունենալով է, որ Մուստաֆաեւը «ռուս հետախույզի ձեռքի գործ» է անվանում Օզալի սպանությունը: Բայց բոլոր փաստերը եւ հետագա իրադարձությունները վկայում են, որ Սուրեթ Հուսեյնովը աշխատել է Հեյդար Ալիեւի համար: Չէ՞ որ իշխանություններն ստիպված էին Նախիջեւանից Բաքու «հրավիրել» Հեյդար Ալիեւին միայն այն ժամանակ, երբ Հուսեյնովի ապստամբական ուժերը կանգնած էին Ադրբեջանի մայրաքաղաքի մատույցներում: Չէ՞ որ հենց Հուսեյնովն է զբաղեցրել վարչապետի պաշտոնը Հեյդար Ալիեւի ներկայացմամբ:

                    Ճիշտ է, հետագայում Սուրեթ Հուսեյնովը մեղադրվել եւ դատապարտվել է: Բայց հո չէ՞ր կարող դատարանում հայտարարել, որ Հեյդար Ալիեւի հրահանգով է ամեն ինչ արել: Այդ կարգի գաղտնիքներ ոչ ոք չի հրապարակում: Այնպես որ, Ֆազիլ Մուտաֆաեւը զուր է ջանացել Օզալի մահվան համար պատասխանատվությունը բարդել «ռուս հետախույզի» վրա: Կամ էլ գուցե միտումնավո՞ր է դա արել: Որպեսզի վերոշարադրյալ կարգի հարցադրումներ ծագեն: Խնդիրն, ամենայն հավանականությամբ, Թուրքիայում լուրջ է դրված:

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                      International Organizations Sharply Criticize Repressions in Azerbaijan


                      BAKU. June 17, 2012. Major international organizations have issued
                      statements sharply criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities for
                      persecution of photo-reporter Mehman Huseynov, journalist Anar
                      Bayramli and others. These arrests are seen as the post-Eurovision
                      crackdown against civil society activists and the press that was
                      expected by many observers.

                      The Freedom House statement on this issue expressed "serious concern"
                      with these arrests and harassment. "The Azerbaijani authorities are
                      obliged to follow their obligations to the international community and
                      their own laws and respect the freedom of speech and expression," said
                      Representative Susan Cork.

                      The International Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on
                      authorities to immediately stop the criminal case against Mehman
                      Huseynov. They regard his arrest as an outright suppression of the
                      rights and freedoms of the press. CPJ notes that after the Eurovision
                      Contest, officials announced a hunt for those involved in the project
                      "Sing in the name of democracy' and those who denounced the violation
                      of human rights and freedoms, and called for a boycott of the ESC in
                      Baku. The command for an attack on civil society activists and the
                      press was unprecedented in its nature and came in a public speech
                      given by the main ideologue of the Presidential Administration, Ali
                      Hasanov, when he openly called for expression of `public hatred'
                      against the dissidents in Azerbaijan.

                      Another organization - Human Rights Watch - said in a statement that
                      the prosecution of Huseynov by the authorities was a response to the
                      campaign "Sing for the sake of democracy" and criticism of Eurovision,
                      as well as publications in the media of photo materials about police
                      violence against the opposition. Criminal cases and arrests of
                      Huseynov and others were a message from the authorities to other
                      opposition activists to punish them, crush their will to demand their
                      rights and defend freedom in the country, according to Human Rights
                      Watch. In this regard, the organization called on international
                      partners, in particular the European Broadcasting Union, to demand
                      that Azerbaijani authorities put an end to this vicious practice, and
                      to prevent further prosecution of the opposition. (Turan)

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