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AZERBAIJAN
Government responds to voting probe
   posted by Ghassan Al Kaziri (UAE) on 04/09/2009, 16:00
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“The report that the Azerbaijanis, who voted for the Armenian singers in Eurovision-2009, were summoned to the National Security Ministry and interrogated, is a political game,” Azerbaijan’s Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov said, APA reports. He said that no one was summoned to any office or underwent pressure in Azerbaijan.

“It became clear that none of the 43 people, who voted for Armenians, but Rovshan Nasirli was in the National Security Ministry. Rovshan Nasirli went to the National Security Ministry without a lawyer and was interrogated there. This is a political game,” he said.

According to the Minister, if the National Security Ministry had begun such an investigation, at least half of those who voted would have been interrogated. “Why only one man was called and the whole world began to protest after his interview,” he said.

Azad Rahimov said Armenians seized an opportunity. “Azerbaijan took the second place and Armenians could not digest it. Now they seized an opportunity to raise a clamour,” he said. 

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Date: 06/9/2009 12:10 PM

@Tim_Esc - OMG Really a primitive tribes. leave please always blaming to neighbours countries. Please behaviour like a reasonable and contemporary Country. How can you say the "Duduk" is Azeri, the armenian entry 09 Esc song and thousand Armenian song is Azeri and you say even the Armenian church and Monastry also Azeri ... What is a logic this? Respect please, even mentioned in the Holy Bible that Armenia have 4000 year ancient a history and have a rich culturel heritage but Azerbaijan have just a 100 year. The word is Azeri or Azerbaijan have just a 100 year history. How can you told? and how can you say about Armenia steal from Azerbaijan? This is a shame! Yes! This a just a shame and bullshit! This not credible. OMG! Ofcourse that Azeris are take from ( attention! but I don't say "steal" and i say "taking" ) Persian and Iranian culture, from Arabs culture, from Russian, from Georgian culture, Turkeys Culture and also too much more from Armenian culture and so that built a mixed culture for Azeris, so born a new culture today in Caucasia since a 100 years. Yes the true is that. Now Stop please so bullshit and look at the "World History Encyclopedia" and be sides look also "World around Democratic freedom and humanright index". Please to be a literalness


Tim_ESC

Date: 06/9/2009 05:18 AM

If you have never been to Azerbaijan and Armenia, you can never have the right idea of this two countries. In Armenian streets, there are posters of Turkish flag and soldiers. Guess what writes on those posters: Do not go to Antalya, because this way you pay many for the developement of Turkish Army. A Russia sponsored fabricated country-like nation called Armenia have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan's territory. Azerbaijan has now more than 1 million refugees. imagine what it means for a country with 8-9 million population. Armenia's 2009 year ESC entry is a plagiary of a song composed by Azerbaijani composer Tofiq Quliyev. This is just one of the thousand attempts of Armenians to steal from Azerbaijan. In Azerbaijan, there were many terrorist attacks organized by Armenia related Azerbaijani citizens. And Azerbaijani men send votes to Armenia: Azerbaijani state bodies should make sure that those sending votes to Armenia, after all the bad this fabricated country did against Azerbaijan for the last two centuries, are not threat for the security of Azerbaijani peole and foreigners who currently live and work in Azerbaijan. It is enough to remember a bomb attack to a Baku metro train which took more than 200 lives. Those who vote for Armenia were questioned but not jailed.


Kris9-22

Date: 05/9/2009 05:47 PM

Azerbaijan's Attack On Eurovision Voters and Hadise In recent months the authorities of Azerbaijan and some officials have displayed a position toward Eurovision, voting rules and its participants that can't be described anything but low. First Azerbaijan started to question those people who voted for the Armenian Eurovision 2009 entry in a direct violation of Eurovision rules. Now their target is the Turkish entry Hadise because of her brave position on Armenia-Turkey rapprochement. Today APA agency from Azerbaijan reported that Hadise's concerts will not be organized in Azerbaijan anymore because the Turkish singer supported the opening of Armenian Turkish border. However, let's look back a little bit. It has been a common habit for Azerbaijan to arouse scandals since 2006, when Armenia joined Eurovision, claiming that Armenia is stealing its music and culture. Azeri authorities sensing impunity and power of their oil dollars, which they have been lavishly squandering, went even further. They violated competition rules grossly, disguising Armenia's entry number on the screen during the broadcast of Eurovision voting. And what can we see happening next? No sanctions, no official comments by Eurovision officials, condemning the disrespectful and and mean attitude towards the history and traditions of the song competition, which is a subject of high proud in Europe. Mr. Svante Stockselius, executive producer of Eurovision, was keeping silent suspiciously long. So, what was Azerbaijan?s response to this indifference? The authorities started persecuting the citizens who had voted for Armenia. This is apparently priority of the ministry of national security of the country. It must be scaring to live in a country where you will be persecuted simply because you liked a song. But it is much more scaring to realize that in the so-called free and democratic world nobody cares about you either. It was not enough for Azerbaijan to question its 43 citizens about why they have voted for Armenia and now they go after their brotherly country's entrant Hadise. APA writes that Hadise's concerts will not be organized in Azerbaijan anymore. Azerbaijani public was shocked by the recent interview of Hadise Acikgoz, Turkey?s representative in Eurovision-2009, who gave a concert in Baku two months ago, Azeri Press Agency reports. Hadise said in her interview to Show TV that she supports reopening of Turkey-Armenia borders and wants to be a “Truce angel” to realize it. “Armenia and Turkey are brotherly countries, the borders between the two countries should reopen. I am ready to be a “truce angel” for this. I have talked to Inga and Anush, they also want to come to Turkey and give a concert here. Their wish should be realized. Let the initiator of this truce be music. If Inga and Anush agree, we will give a concert on October 14,” she said. In Eurovision-2009 in Moscow Hadise said she loved Inga and Anush and introduced them to the journalists as the “most beautiful girls” of the contest. Nahid Emiloglu, who organized Hadise?s concert in Azerbaijan, told APA that he would not organize Hadise?s concert in Baku any more. “Hadise promised to give a concert, but we refuse to organize it. On my behalf I state that we will not organize Hadise?s concert in Baku any more,” he said. Hadise appealed to Turkish government and the country?s Football Federation. She said she wants to give a concert with Inga and Anush before the football match between Turkey and Armenia in Bursa on October 14. Therefore, we call on the Eurovision organizers to suspend Azerbaijan on its September 11 meeting for a year for strict violation of Eurovision rules and for not providing free voting for all entrants.


Orange.Joy

Date: 05/9/2009 04:40 PM

@dynamite They are not a Country but they just a primitive tribes


Kirkov

Date: 05/9/2009 01:54 PM

Ontaryo, you're right! I'm anxious to know EBU decision. Probably nothing at all will happen


Martin

Date: 05/9/2009 01:21 PM

The EBU should boycott such countries.


Ontaryo

Date: 05/9/2009 06:43 AM

What do people expect of a country that's ranking 150th in the Reporters without borders Press Freedom Index? It's only 5 places ahaed of Belarus and only slightly ahead of Zimbabwe. Everyone should know what that means...


dynamite

Date: 05/9/2009 12:45 AM

omg that country will never change


shylla

Date: 05/9/2009 12:12 AM

it is a big shame of what is happening in azerbaijan and for sure their image is now damaged in eurovision


Juan

Date: 04/9/2009 09:32 PM

Second by the televotes... that's what we wants to say, I think


karim

Date: 04/9/2009 08:42 PM

2nd place???? ajajajajja and iceland?? anyway their song was terrible, I don't know why they finished 3rd and turkey 4th


aj_intl

Date: 04/9/2009 08:40 PM

they came third. or have they taken Iceland in for questioning now too?


_axone

Date: 04/9/2009 05:47 PM

such a stupid story and such a suspicious move by the government



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