Azerbaijan has got “Prisoners of Eurovision”

Youth activist of Democratic Party (ADP) Rasul Mursalov and Ilgar Rzayev were arrested for political reasons on basis of trumped-up accusations. This was announced by a number of human rights defenders.

Mursalov and Rzayev opposed the demolition of houses in the center of Baku. They have been recognized by human rights activists as a “prisoners of Eurovision.” According to them, the activists were arrested just for taking part in protests on the eve of “Eurovision”, when they tried to draw attention to violations of property rights and political freedoms in Azerbaijan.

His mother Shirinbadji Rzayeva stated that there was a time when she defended the current government, “however, this regime has destroyed my house that I created for 50 years, and deprived my family of joy”.

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