While Baku is preparing to host the Eurovision Song Contest in late May, human-rights activists are hoping to point the spotlight at the state of human rights in the country, the German publication Deutsche Welle reported.
Germany’s human rights commissioner, Markus Loning, is said to be outraged.
“The last really shocking case I experienced was a journalist I know personally, who was put under pressure,” he was quoted as saying.
The journalist in question was Khadija Ismailova, received an anonymous letter containing explicit photos of her and her boyfriend that had apparently been shot with a hidden camera in her apartment. A week later, private videos were published on the Internet. The authorities refused to investigate the case. L
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