Azerbaijan - Eurovision - A word about media freedom?

Reporters without borders

The eyes of more than 100 million TV viewers will turn to the Azerbaijani capital of Baku in two days' time for the Eurovision Song Contest final. The European public will be shown a beautiful country and a hospitable people. “But there is another side to Azerbaijan that the authorities have done everything possible to mask – a repressive and brutal regime that stops at nothing to silence the few journalists who try to investigate sensitive subjects or provide critical news coverage,” (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - jeudi 24 mai 2012