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Kameralar hər yerdədi
Kimsə bizi izliyir
Burdan onlara mesajim
Müqəddəs orta barmağim.
Adını qoymusan vətəndaş,
Daş üstündə qalmayıbdır daş.
Fəxr elədiyin o fontanı
Sənin verginlə qoyublar, qaqaş.
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Hörmətli Hacıbala
Neyniyirsən sən, ala.
Belə həvəsin çoxdursa
Sök evləri Dubayda
Kameralar hər yerdədi
Kimsə bizi izliyir
Burdan onlara mesajim
Müqəddəs orta barmağim.
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Kameralar hər yerdədi
Kimsə bizi izliyir
Burdan onlara mesajim
Müqəddəs orta barmağim.
Adını qoymusan vətəndaş,
Daş üstündə qalmayıbdır daş.
Fəxr elədiyin o fontanı
Sənin verginlə qoyublar, qaqaş.
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Hörmətli Hacıbala
Neyniyirsən sən, ala.
Belə həvəsin çoxdursa
Sök evləri Dubayda
Kameralar hər yerdədi
Kimsə bizi izliyir
Burdan onlara mesajim
Müqəddəs orta barmağim.
[1] Just before he left to Berlin, however, he gave the Aliyev regime a musical poke in the eye. On the eve of the Eurovision Song Contest, he uploaded to Youtube his new song, Vermişel (Vermicelli); the video featured Ali walking through demolished ruins in Baku as his band performed with bags over their heads – a clear allusion to the torture that Ali had suffered in jail.
inviata da Paolo Rizzi - 8/11/2024 - 12:03
Lingua: Inglese
English translation / Traduzione inglese / Traduction anglaise / Englanninkielinen käännös:
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Jamal Ali: Azerbaijani rapper, rocker, activist, journalist… and unrepentant critic
A 2018 Index on Censorship 2018 Freedom of Expression Award nominee, Jamal Ali has been jailed, tortured and forced into exile, and his family has been threatened - but the rapper and activist continues to challenge Azerbaijan's corrupt regime through his music. - ifex.org 11.7.2022
"Our president said: 'Nobody knew about Azerbaijan before Eurovision, and now we are all famous in the world… But famous for what?" - Jamal Ali in a 2017 interview.
Jamal Ali is an Azerbaijani rapper, rock musician, journalist and activist. His criticism of President Ilham Aliyev’s corrupt regime has seen him detained, beaten, forced into exile, but not defeated.
Ali came to global attention in March 2012, when he was arrested at an opposition demonstration in Baku. The demonstrators were protesting Azerbaijan’s atrocious human rights record and the exorbitant sums being spent in preparations for that year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which Azerbaijan would host. The protesters were closely monitored; Eurovision was very important to the president, who saw it as a unique propaganda opportunity for his regime.
Ali was due to give a speech, and since there were state security agents present, he cheekily warned them about the coarse language that he was about to use. Little did he realise the consequences – both immediate and long term – this would have. He told the BBC:
“So I said, ‘Here you go, you’re going to hear some swearing,’ and I swore twice while addressing the President. The next thing I remember was four guys taking me [by the arms and legs]… they beat me while they were taking me to the car… and then on to the police station, more beating, and then on to the court, more beating, and then the decision was made: ten days for me, six for another guitarist and five for a guy who’d been trying to help us by pulling us out from the [police] car.”
For swearing, Ali was jailed on ‘hooliganism’ charges. During his detention, a bag was placed over his head every day and he was beaten with batons. “They were beating me on my bare feet, on my heels,” he told the BBC, “and they said to me, ‘Ok, if you don’t leave the country before Eurovision, if you carry on with your activities, you’ll be back here again in this room and it won’t be so easy the next time.”
Ali knew that these were not idle threats. He decided to leave for Germany.
Just before he left, however, he gave the Aliyev regime a musical poke in the eye. On the eve of the Eurovision Song Contest, he uploaded to Youtube his new song, Vermişel (Vermicelli); the video featured Ali walking through demolished ruins in Baku as his band performed with bags over their heads – a clear allusion to the torture that Ali had suffered in jail.
In Germany, Ali joined Meydan TV, an independent media organisation run by Azerbaijani exiles. He continued to be a thorn in Aliyev’s side – both through his media work and by releasing songs critical of Aliyev’s regime. This, though, had repercussions.
On 19 April 2017, Ali was detained at Tbilisi Airport, Georgia, denied entry to the country, and put on a flight back to Berlin. The border guards offered no explanation, but Ali suspected that he knew the reason behind his denial of entry, and that it had to do with Georgia’s cosy relationship with Azerbaijan (on which it depends for its gas supply). A few months earlier, in January, Ali had been in Georgia to investigate the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and its reportedly free-of-charge gas supply to Georgian churches. As part of this investigation, Ali had innocuously entered a church to ask about the source of its gas. But when the video of the report was posted online, protests were held in Tbilisi against Meydan TV; Ali specifically was singled out on placards as having been ‘disrespectful’ to the church.
In Ali’s absence, his family – like many of the families of exiled Azerbaijani activists – found itself targeted by the Aliyev regime.
In January 2017, Ali’s mother, uncle and two cousins were detained and questioned by Baku State police in connection with one of Ali’s songs, Heykal Baba (Grandfather Monument). The song, which Ali described to Caucasian Knot as a protest against the “autocratic regime’s violations of the freedom of speech and self expression of young activists,” was dedicated to two young men who were sentenced to ten years in prison after they had painted graffiti on a monument of the former president (the current president’s father), Heydar Aliyev.
Heykal Baba was popular and quickly reached 100,000 views on YouTube, so, at first, Ali was defiant despite the regime’s persecution of his loved ones. However, as the extent of the pressure became clear (the singer has said that he received threats that approximately 40 family members could lose their jobs or be jailed), he reluctantly removed the song from YouTube (although it’s now back up). “It’s hard,” Ali said of the experience in a 2017 interview: “I write a song and my brother might go to jail. It’s not me taking responsibility for that; the consequences are for the people who are close to me: they are getting punished for it.”
From exile in Berlin, Ali continued to call out President Aliyev’s corruption and the human rights abuses over which he presides. He spoke out about the regime’s kidnapping of the Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli from Georgia, and about Aliyev’s craving for international prestige. As he caustically commented in 2017: “Our president said: ‘Nobody knew about Azerbaijan before Eurovision, and now we are all famous in the world… But famous for what?”
In 2020, following the release of his song ‘Bismillah’, Ali found himself the target of several online death threats from religious extremists. ‘Bismillah’ – the lyrics of which are taken from the Koran – was interpreted by some Azerbaijani Muslims as mocking the Islamic faith, a charge denied by Ali, who pointed to the fact that the song is actually a re-working of a 2009 song by the Baku-based group Tengri. YouTube removed the video of the song without providing Ali with a reason, though it now available again.
Jamal Ali was nominated for the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship 2018.
A 2018 Index on Censorship 2018 Freedom of Expression Award nominee, Jamal Ali has been jailed, tortured and forced into exile, and his family has been threatened - but the rapper and activist continues to challenge Azerbaijan's corrupt regime through his music. - ifex.org 11.7.2022
"Our president said: 'Nobody knew about Azerbaijan before Eurovision, and now we are all famous in the world… But famous for what?" - Jamal Ali in a 2017 interview.
Jamal Ali is an Azerbaijani rapper, rock musician, journalist and activist. His criticism of President Ilham Aliyev’s corrupt regime has seen him detained, beaten, forced into exile, but not defeated.
Ali came to global attention in March 2012, when he was arrested at an opposition demonstration in Baku. The demonstrators were protesting Azerbaijan’s atrocious human rights record and the exorbitant sums being spent in preparations for that year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which Azerbaijan would host. The protesters were closely monitored; Eurovision was very important to the president, who saw it as a unique propaganda opportunity for his regime.
Ali was due to give a speech, and since there were state security agents present, he cheekily warned them about the coarse language that he was about to use. Little did he realise the consequences – both immediate and long term – this would have. He told the BBC:
“So I said, ‘Here you go, you’re going to hear some swearing,’ and I swore twice while addressing the President. The next thing I remember was four guys taking me [by the arms and legs]… they beat me while they were taking me to the car… and then on to the police station, more beating, and then on to the court, more beating, and then the decision was made: ten days for me, six for another guitarist and five for a guy who’d been trying to help us by pulling us out from the [police] car.”
For swearing, Ali was jailed on ‘hooliganism’ charges. During his detention, a bag was placed over his head every day and he was beaten with batons. “They were beating me on my bare feet, on my heels,” he told the BBC, “and they said to me, ‘Ok, if you don’t leave the country before Eurovision, if you carry on with your activities, you’ll be back here again in this room and it won’t be so easy the next time.”
Ali knew that these were not idle threats. He decided to leave for Germany.
Just before he left, however, he gave the Aliyev regime a musical poke in the eye. On the eve of the Eurovision Song Contest, he uploaded to Youtube his new song, Vermişel (Vermicelli); the video featured Ali walking through demolished ruins in Baku as his band performed with bags over their heads – a clear allusion to the torture that Ali had suffered in jail.
In Germany, Ali joined Meydan TV, an independent media organisation run by Azerbaijani exiles. He continued to be a thorn in Aliyev’s side – both through his media work and by releasing songs critical of Aliyev’s regime. This, though, had repercussions.
On 19 April 2017, Ali was detained at Tbilisi Airport, Georgia, denied entry to the country, and put on a flight back to Berlin. The border guards offered no explanation, but Ali suspected that he knew the reason behind his denial of entry, and that it had to do with Georgia’s cosy relationship with Azerbaijan (on which it depends for its gas supply). A few months earlier, in January, Ali had been in Georgia to investigate the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and its reportedly free-of-charge gas supply to Georgian churches. As part of this investigation, Ali had innocuously entered a church to ask about the source of its gas. But when the video of the report was posted online, protests were held in Tbilisi against Meydan TV; Ali specifically was singled out on placards as having been ‘disrespectful’ to the church.
In Ali’s absence, his family – like many of the families of exiled Azerbaijani activists – found itself targeted by the Aliyev regime.
In January 2017, Ali’s mother, uncle and two cousins were detained and questioned by Baku State police in connection with one of Ali’s songs, Heykal Baba (Grandfather Monument). The song, which Ali described to Caucasian Knot as a protest against the “autocratic regime’s violations of the freedom of speech and self expression of young activists,” was dedicated to two young men who were sentenced to ten years in prison after they had painted graffiti on a monument of the former president (the current president’s father), Heydar Aliyev.
Heykal Baba was popular and quickly reached 100,000 views on YouTube, so, at first, Ali was defiant despite the regime’s persecution of his loved ones. However, as the extent of the pressure became clear (the singer has said that he received threats that approximately 40 family members could lose their jobs or be jailed), he reluctantly removed the song from YouTube (although it’s now back up). “It’s hard,” Ali said of the experience in a 2017 interview: “I write a song and my brother might go to jail. It’s not me taking responsibility for that; the consequences are for the people who are close to me: they are getting punished for it.”
From exile in Berlin, Ali continued to call out President Aliyev’s corruption and the human rights abuses over which he presides. He spoke out about the regime’s kidnapping of the Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli from Georgia, and about Aliyev’s craving for international prestige. As he caustically commented in 2017: “Our president said: ‘Nobody knew about Azerbaijan before Eurovision, and now we are all famous in the world… But famous for what?”
In 2020, following the release of his song ‘Bismillah’, Ali found himself the target of several online death threats from religious extremists. ‘Bismillah’ – the lyrics of which are taken from the Koran – was interpreted by some Azerbaijani Muslims as mocking the Islamic faith, a charge denied by Ali, who pointed to the fact that the song is actually a re-working of a 2009 song by the Baku-based group Tengri. YouTube removed the video of the song without providing Ali with a reason, though it now available again.
Jamal Ali was nominated for the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship 2018.
Vermicelli
Woke up in the morning
Had vermicelli [1]
At lunch I had same thing
I said enough is enough
And went out to do something
I was beaten for what I said
Shoved into the police car
They showed on AZTV [2]
and called us bandits
What? Am I not right?
My house is demolished
I'm homeless
No roof over my head
Is Eurovision what I need now?
Cameras are all over the place
Someone is watching us
Here is the message to them:
Saint middle finger
You call yourself citizen
"No stone left on stone"
The fountain you are proud of
Is made with your tax money
Dudes are working hard
It's 5 on records, 15 in their pockets
The dirt is eaten anyway
Why am I in charge for that?!
Dear Hajibala [3]
What the hack you are doing, man?
If you have big passion for demolishing
Go demolish "his" houses in Dubai
Cameras are all over the place
Someone is watching us
Here is the message to them:
Saint middle finger
Woke up in the morning
Had vermicelli [1]
At lunch I had same thing
I said enough is enough
And went out to do something
I was beaten for what I said
Shoved into the police car
They showed on AZTV [2]
and called us bandits
What? Am I not right?
My house is demolished
I'm homeless
No roof over my head
Is Eurovision what I need now?
Cameras are all over the place
Someone is watching us
Here is the message to them:
Saint middle finger
You call yourself citizen
"No stone left on stone"
The fountain you are proud of
Is made with your tax money
Dudes are working hard
It's 5 on records, 15 in their pockets
The dirt is eaten anyway
Why am I in charge for that?!
Dear Hajibala [3]
What the hack you are doing, man?
If you have big passion for demolishing
Go demolish "his" houses in Dubai
Cameras are all over the place
Someone is watching us
Here is the message to them:
Saint middle finger
inviata da Paolo Rizzi - 8/11/2024 - 20:14
Lingua: Francese
Version française - LE VERMICELLE – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2024
d’après la version en langue anglaise
d’une chanson azéri – Vermişel – Bulistan Qrupu / Bulistan Group [Camal Əli / Jamal Ali] – 2012
Paroles et musique : Jamal Ali
d’après la version en langue anglaise
d’une chanson azéri – Vermişel – Bulistan Qrupu / Bulistan Group [Camal Əli / Jamal Ali] – 2012
Paroles et musique : Jamal Ali
BAKOU ET LA RÉPRESSION DE LA DISSIDENCE
Les violations des droits de l'homme en Azerbaïdjan sont connues depuis longtemps, tant en ce qui concerne la répression de la dissidence interne qu'en ce qui concerne les Arméniens.
Sur ce site, le sujet des Arméniens a déjà été abordé par Riccardo Gullotta dans son commentaire sur le Nagorny Karabach.
Juste avant son départ pour Berlin, il (Ali Jamal) a donné un coup de poing musical au régime d'Aliyev. À la veille du concours Eurovision de la chanson, il a téléchargé sur Youtube sa nouvelle chanson, Vermişel (Le Vermicelle) ; la vidéo montrait Ali marchant à travers des ruines démolies à Bakou pendant que son groupe jouait avec des sacs sur la tête - une allusion claire à la torture qu'Ali avait subie en prison.
Les violations des droits de l'homme en Azerbaïdjan sont connues depuis longtemps, tant en ce qui concerne la répression de la dissidence interne qu'en ce qui concerne les Arméniens.
Sur ce site, le sujet des Arméniens a déjà été abordé par Riccardo Gullotta dans son commentaire sur le Nagorny Karabach.
Juste avant son départ pour Berlin, il (Ali Jamal) a donné un coup de poing musical au régime d'Aliyev. À la veille du concours Eurovision de la chanson, il a téléchargé sur Youtube sa nouvelle chanson, Vermişel (Le Vermicelle) ; la vidéo montrait Ali marchant à travers des ruines démolies à Bakou pendant que son groupe jouait avec des sacs sur la tête - une allusion claire à la torture qu'Ali avait subie en prison.
LE VERMICELLE
L’autre matin au réveil,
Il y avait du vermicelle.
À midi, du vermicelle aussi
Alors, j’ai dit : ça suffit
Et je suis parti.
J'ai été battu pour ce que j'ai dit.
Dans le combi, ils m’ont poussé.
À la télé, ils sont passés
Et nous ont traités de bandits.
Je n'ai pas raison ? Qu'est-ce que j’ai dit ?
Ma maison est démolie
Je suis sans abri
Au-dessus de ma tête, pas de toit.
L'Eurovision, elle sert à quoi ?
Les caméras filment l’heure.
À qui nous observe
Ce message j’adresse :
Un saint doigt d’honneur !
Vous vous dites citoyen
« Aucune pierre ne doit rester sur la pierre »
La fontaine dont vous êtes fier
Est faite vos impôts citoyens.
Les mecs travaillent dur ; ça cloche :
5 sur les disques, 15 dans leurs poches.
La crasse est mangée en tout cas.
Pourquoi je suis chargé de ça ?
Cher Hajibala, cher Maire,
Quel coup allez-vous faire ?
Si vous avez la passion de la démolition,
Allez à Dubaï, démolir « ses » maisons.
Les caméras sont à l’heure :
À qui nous observe,
Ce message j’adresse :
Un saint doigt d’honneur !
L’autre matin au réveil,
Il y avait du vermicelle.
À midi, du vermicelle aussi
Alors, j’ai dit : ça suffit
Et je suis parti.
J'ai été battu pour ce que j'ai dit.
Dans le combi, ils m’ont poussé.
À la télé, ils sont passés
Et nous ont traités de bandits.
Je n'ai pas raison ? Qu'est-ce que j’ai dit ?
Ma maison est démolie
Je suis sans abri
Au-dessus de ma tête, pas de toit.
L'Eurovision, elle sert à quoi ?
Les caméras filment l’heure.
À qui nous observe
Ce message j’adresse :
Un saint doigt d’honneur !
Vous vous dites citoyen
« Aucune pierre ne doit rester sur la pierre »
La fontaine dont vous êtes fier
Est faite vos impôts citoyens.
Les mecs travaillent dur ; ça cloche :
5 sur les disques, 15 dans leurs poches.
La crasse est mangée en tout cas.
Pourquoi je suis chargé de ça ?
Cher Hajibala, cher Maire,
Quel coup allez-vous faire ?
Si vous avez la passion de la démolition,
Allez à Dubaï, démolir « ses » maisons.
Les caméras sont à l’heure :
À qui nous observe,
Ce message j’adresse :
Un saint doigt d’honneur !
inviata da Marco Valdo M.I. - 9/11/2024 - 17:47
Aggiornamenti da Baku.
Oggi il presidente ha ribadito che i combustibili fossili sono un "Dono di Dio."
Ha anche ricordato che non sono i paesi produttori come il suo a volere raddoppiare la produzione, è l' Europa che glie lo ha chiesto nel 2022.
Domani la Meloni va a fare affari siamo il primo importatore europeo e per l Italia l Azerbaijan è il secondo fornitore.
Questo articolo di Wired ci ricorda le contraddizioni in campo.
Oggi il presidente ha ribadito che i combustibili fossili sono un "Dono di Dio."
Ha anche ricordato che non sono i paesi produttori come il suo a volere raddoppiare la produzione, è l' Europa che glie lo ha chiesto nel 2022.
Domani la Meloni va a fare affari siamo il primo importatore europeo e per l Italia l Azerbaijan è il secondo fornitore.
Questo articolo di Wired ci ricorda le contraddizioni in campo.
Che posto è l'Azerbaijan, la culla del petrolio dove si svolge Cop29
Nel 1848 a Baku la prima trivellazione di idrocarburi. Che ora incombono sulla conferenza sul clima delle Nazioni Unite
P.r. - 12/11/2024 - 23:51
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Lyrics and music / Testo e musica / Paroles et musique / Sanat ja sävel: Camal Əli [Jamal Ali]
Directed by Ferdy Era
All rights reserved © Bulistan Group
Nota testuale. Non si ha nessuna traccia in rete del testo originale completo in lingua azera. Il seguente testo parziale della canzone è stato ricostruito a partire da alcune strofe nominate da alcuni utenti in mezzo agli oltre 600 commenti al video YouTube. Corrispondono alla metà del testo. Facciamo naturalmente appello a chi conoscesse la lingua azera, o a chi fosse in possesso del testo originale completo, a volercelo gentilmente segnalare. Grazie!
Note on the song text. No full Azerbaijani lyrics of the song are available from the Web. The following, incomplete lyrics have been reconstructed from a number of verses included by users among more than 600 notes to the relevant YouTube video. These verses correspond to half of the song. We naturally appeal to those who know the Azeri language, or who have the complete original text, to kindly let us know. Thank you! [RV]
di Paolo Rizzi
Le violazioni dei diritti umani in Azerbaigian sono noti da tempo sia per quello che riguarda le repressioni del dissenso interno che nei confronti degli Armeni. Su questo sito l'argomento Armeni è stato già affrontato da Riccardo Gullotta a commento del brano Nagorny Karabach.
Nell'inserto Extraterrestre di giovedì 7 novembre [2024] ci sono articoli nel merito della COP 29 sul clima che si terrà a Baku nei prossimi giorni. In questi articoli ho letto del musicista Jamal Ali di cui vi posto questo brano.
L'Italia e l'ENI sono tra i primi partner commerciali di questo governo che si arricchisce grazie ai combustibili fossili.
Colgo l'occasione per segnalare altri argomenti attualissimi sull'Azerbaigian , affrontati dalla commissione europea che hanno portato a votare una risoluzione a Strasburgo il 24 ottobre, ecco il link ad Europa Today.
Il Parlamento Europeo punta il dito contro l'Azerbaigian, accusandolo il governo del Paese di essere repressivo, denunciando il suo scarso rispetto dei diritti umani e invitando l'Unione europea a riconsiderare la sua dipendenza energetica dallo Stato caucasico.
In una risoluzione adottata dalla maggioranza degli eurodeputati durante la sessione plenaria del Parlamento a Strasburgo, è stata sottolineata la preoccupazione comune per la crescente repressione del governo azero, che si starebbe intensificando in vista della 29esima Conferenza delle Nazioni Unite sui cambiamenti climatici (Cop29), prevista a Baku dall'11 al 22 novembre.
Secondo i deputati, il governo dell'Azerbaijan da tempo attuerebbe una repressione interna ed esterna nei confronti di attivisti, giornalisti, leader dell'opposizione e, in alcuni casi, anche cittadini europei. Questa situazione, sostengono, non sarebbe compatibile con il ruolo di ospite del summit sul clima. I membri del Parlamento europeo hanno invitato i leader dell'Ue, come la presidente della Commissione europea Ursula von der Leyen, a cogliere l'occasione della Cop29 per affrontare direttamente con le autorità azere la questione dei diritti umani.
La risoluzione, approvata con 453 voti a favore, 31 contrari e 89 astensioni, non si limita a condannare le azioni interne del regime di Baku, ma esorta il governo locale a cessare immediatamente tutte le forme di repressione, rilasciare le persone detenute senza un giusto processo e ritirare le accuse di natura politica contro gli oppositori.
Qui invece il link al testo completo della risoluzione in cui si evidenziano tutte le storture antidemocratiche in atto in Azerbaigian.
BAKIDAKI MİTİNQDƏ TUTULAN ROKÇU BERLİNƏ QAÇDI
Camal Əli bu ilin martında Bakıda gənclər təşkilatlarının mitinqində saxlanmışdı. 24 yaşlı Camal Əli “The Guardian”a bildirib ki, yalnız “Eurovision-2012" mahnı yarışı ərəfəsi olduğu üçün canını həbsdən qurtara bilib. Onun sözlərinə görə, polis idarəsində saxlanarkən ilk 2 gündə işgəncələrə məruz qalıb. Başına torba keçirərək onu dəyənəklə döyüblər: ”Onlar məni döyə-döyə deyirdilər ki, xoşun gəlmirsə, cəhənnəm ol, get, ölkədən çıxıb rədd olmağın üçün hər şeyi edəcəyik. Həbsdən çıxandan sonra da 24 saat evimin ətrafında “Hyundai” markalı qara maşında polis növbə çəkirdi. Daha uzun müddətə həbs edilmək təhlükəsi olduğu üçün ölkəni tərk etdim".
O, əlavə edir ki, “Eurovision-2012" yarışı başa çatan kimi onu prezidenti təhqir ittihamı ilə 2 ildən 5 ilə qədər həbs edə bilərdilər. Camal Əlinin ölkəni tərk etməsindən bir qədər əvvəl onun ”Bulistan" qrupu “Vermişel” adlı videoklipi YouTube şəbəkəsinə yerləşdirib. Bu klipdə Azərbaycan hakimiyyəti kəskin tənqid olunur. Qəzet yazır ki, indi Azərbaycanda fəalların çoxu gələn şənbə - “Eurovision-2012" başa çatandan sonra sərt cəza tədbirlərinin olacağını gözləyir. ”The Guardian" Camal Əlinin Azərbaycanı tərk etmək məcburiyyətində qalması fonunda bir daha ölkədə insan haqlarının durumuna diqqəti cəlb edir.
“Eurovision” yarışmasının başa çatmasından sonra Azərbaycanda yeni repressiyaların olacağından təkcə ölkədən qaçan rokçu narahat deyil. Bu yarışma zamanı beynəlxalq ictimaiyyətin diqqətini Azərbaycanda insan haqları problemlərinə cəlb etmək üçün başladılan “Sing for Democracy” kampaniyasının koordinatoru, insan haqları müdafiəçisi Rəsul Cəfərov da “Alman dalğası”na müsahibəsində bu barədə danışıb. O deyib ki, hazırda kampaniya davam edir və “Eurovision”la eyni vaxtda Bakıda “Sing for Democracy” devizi altında konsert keçirmək planlaşdırılır. Artıq bir çox musiqi qrupları və ifaçılar bu konsertdə iştirak etməyə razılıq veriblər. Kampaniyaya dəstək verənlər arasında almaniyalı müğənni də var. R.Cəfərovun dediyinə görə, onlar konserti açıq havada keçirmək istəyirlər və bu məqsədlə Bakı Şəhər İcra Hakimiyyətinə müraciət ediblər: “İcazə verilməsə, bizim alternativ variantımız var, konserti Bakının gecə klublarının birində keçirə bilərik. Baxmayaraq ki, hakimiyyət buna da mane ola bilər”.
R.Cəfərovun fikrincə, “Eurovision” Azərbaycanda insan haqları sahəsində vəziyyətin yaxşılaşmasına səbəb olmayacaq. Əksinə, bu yarışmadan sonra vəziyyət daha da pisləşəcək: “Mən hesab edirəm ki, müxalifətçilər üçün situasiya ”Eurovision"dan sonra daha da pisləşəcək. Lakin insan haqlarını pozmaqla hakimiyyət öz ayağının altını qazır".
R.Cəfərov deyib ki, “Eurovision”dan sonra o, Azərbaycanı tərk etmək fikrində deyil. Bu arada sözügedən yarışma kontekstində Azərbaycanda insan haqlarının durumu Qərb mediasının gündəmində qalmaqdadır. ABŞ-ın “The Huffington Post” dərgisində yer alan məqalədə deyilir ki, Amerikanın Men ştatı böyüklükdə olan Azərbaycan ötən ilə qədər az tanınırdı. Ancaq tezliklə yarım milyarddan çox insan teleekranlardan Azərbaycanın ev sahibliyi etdiyi “Eurovision” yarışmasını izləyəcək. Bu yarışma ilə bağlı hakimiyyət ölkəni tanıtmaq üçün xərcləri əsirgəməyib, yeni konsert zalı inşa edib. Azərbaycanın neft-qaz gəlirləri bu məqsədlə istənilən qədər xərcləməyə imkan verir. Lakin Azərbaycan hökuməti Bakıda ucalan binalar və güclü iqtisadiyyatdan fərqli olaraq ölkənin müsbət siyasi imicini formalaşdırmaqda uğursuz olub. Bu məsələdə o, Avropanın və dünyanın qalan hissəsinin azad, demokratik ölkələri ilə bacara bilməz. Hazırda hökumətlə Qərb arasında sözlü müharibə davam edir. Səbəb Qərb mediasının Azərbaycandakı korrupsiyadan, jurnalistlərin döyülməsindən və həbsə atılmasından, siyasi məhbuslardan yazmasıdır.
Məqalədə daha sonra Azərbaycan hakimiyyətinin Almaniyaya qarşı təbliğatından, öldürülən və həbs edilən jurnalistlərdən, hakimiyyətə qarşı çıxan fəalların necə həbs olunmasından bəhs edilir. Azərbaycan hakimiyyətinə qarşı tənqidlərdə həmişəki kimi Almaniya mediası öndə gedir və dünən bu ölkənin aparıcı nəşrləri yenidən ölkədəki problemlərdən bəhs edən yazılar veriblər. - Yeni Müsavat