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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10586

31 March 2012
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) azerbaijan
Eurovision with human rights violations as backdrop

Brussels, 30/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - As the date for the Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan in May, draws near, MEP Ulrike Lunacek (Greens/EFA, Austria), speaking on Thursday 29 March, highlighted the excesses of the repressive authoritarian regime and the persistent human rights violations in the country. Numerous Azeri human rights activists have accused the regime of successive attacks on the independent press and the rights of freedom of expression...

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