Nul Points; Azerbaijan and Eurovision  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8786 (May 2012), page 16.
Topik: Politics; Demonstrations & Protests; Violence; Human Rights; Music

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On the face of it, Ilham Aliev, the president of Azerbaijan, and the Eurovision Song Contest, held in his country this week, are a good fit. Eurovision, in which viewers across Europe (broadly defined) select a winning song from competing national entries, is an annual festival of kitsch. Mr Aliev's fondness for opulence, his strongman moustache, and the cult of personality he has built around his father, Heidar, from whom he inherited his post in 2003, are all suitably retro. Alas, his regime also has some less amusing traits, which suggest that the organisers of shindigs like Eurovision should be more careful about where they are staged. The story behind the songs is a sad one. Protests against Mr Aliev's rule, especially after the rigged elections that keep him in power, are routinely crushed. His critics have been beaten and imprisoned. Not only do Azerbaijan's human-rights abuses make a grim backdrop to the clowning of Eurovision: some have been perpetrated on its account.

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